Monday, March 21, 2011

Psychologists seek authority to prescribe psychotropic medications

By Michelle Andrews
Washington Post

In any given year, more than a quarter of U.S. adults have a diagnosable mental health problem — from depression to bipolar disorder — yet fewer than half get any kind of treatment for it. The figures are similar for children.

Many who do receive care get it through their primary-care physician rather than a mental health professional like a psychiatrist or

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