Prescriptive authority for psychologists : a history and guide / edited by Morgan T. Sammons, Ronald F. Levant, and Ruth Ullmann Paige.

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2003], ©2003.

xxiv, 228 pages ; 26 cm

Foreword : reflections on prescriptive authority and the evolution of psychology in the 21st century / Patrick H. DeLeon -- Introduction : the politics and pragmatics of prescriptive authority / Morgan T. Sammons -- Early efforts by psychologists to obtain prescriptive authority / Ronald E. Fox -- Doubts about prescribing / Laura S. Brown -- Prescriptive authority agenda : evolving structures and efforts in the American Psychological Association / Ruth Ullmann Paige and Elizabeth A. Robinson -- Department of Defense experiment : the Psychopharmacology Demonstration project / Gregory B. Laskow and Dennis J. Grill -- Experiences of a Department of Defense prescribing psychologist : a personal account / Debra Lina Dunivin -- Training programs / Ronald F. Levant ... [et al.] -- Struggle in the states / Tommy T. Stigall ... [et al.] -- Alliances with consumer groups and other associations / Linda F. Campbell and Pat Gardner -- Psychopharmacology examination for psychologists developed by the American Psychological Association practice organization's college of professional psychology / Patricia M. Bricklin and Janet Ciuccio -- Prescribing psychologists : the future / Morgan T. Sammons, Ruth Ullmann Paige, and Ronald F. Levant.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.