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Pros And Cons Of Primary Care Prescribing Psychologists

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It seems that there are many pros and cons to allow Primary Care Prescribing Psychologists (RxP) to prescribe prescription psychotropic medications. There are questions to whether they are knowledgeable enough to do so though. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss these pros and cons. In the end, I will divulge my overall opinion on the matter. It seems like there are many pros to allow RxP to prescribe prescriptions. There seem to be a short supply of psychiatrists nationally. This is due to the fact that they are dwindling because of a significant pay gap between them and other medical disciplines (Shafron, 2014). To ensure that there are enough mental health providers, the American Psychological Association opted to allow psychologists,
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