Doctors and Nurses

• Who should have prescription privileges? by Cyberphrenic Webpsycler, 4/14/98
  
  

I accept that psychologists can have just as an acute understanding of of psychiatric disease as doctors do. The problem is that psychologist do not have an understanding of physical diseases in general and of the ways that medications can interact with other meds that a person is already on to produce adverse effects outside of the realm of mental functioning.

For this reason I feel that only those with medical training (i.e. doctors and nurses) should be able to prescribe

• Prescribing Psychologists by Al Shimkunas, Ph.D. , 4/24/98
• nurses and doctors by JM, R.N & CNS (Finland), 6/25/98