New Jersey’s Controversial Bill Would Let Psychologists Prescribe Medication To Clients

Circle Connections: New Products & Services New Jersey's psychologists and psychiatrists are battling over who should be allowed to prescribe psychotropic medications like antidepressants. For psychiatrists, it's a matter of patient safety. For psychologists, it's a question of need and numbers: they contend that there are more New Jerseyans with mental health problems than there are trained professionals to help them. The issue has come to a head because the state Assembly Regulated Professions Committee released a bill (A-2419) on December 6 that would allow psychologists who complete a master's degree in psychopharmacology to prescribe . . .