A bill in the Colorado legislature would allow psychologists who complete additional training to prescribe mental health medications, such as antidepressants
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And, as with all debates about who can perform certain medical services, money is part of it. Psychologists would be able to bill for additional services, while psychiatrists and primary care doctors could lose some business. Based on other states that allow prescribing, about 10% of Colorado’s roughly 3,000 psychologists might start the process, Lee said. New Mexico, Louisiana, Idaho, Iowa and Illinois all allow psychologists to prescribe psychotropic drugs, as does the U.S. Department of Defense.
found 62% of those polled were in favor of allowing psychologists to prescribe after additional training, 26% were opposed and 12% were unsure. It didn’t specify what that training would involve, however, so it’s possible support for a detailed proposal would be higher or lower. The poll was of 1,060 people deemed likely to vote in the 2022 general election.
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