Research

Deaths of Despair: Prescriptive Authority of Psychologists and Suicides

Between 2002 and 2017, five states passed legislation allowing psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication when deemed necessary for care. What happened to suicides in those states?

State and Local Policy

Scope of Practice Reform: Cost Savings and Patient Empowerment

Author Jessica Flanigan finds that scope of practice laws unnecessarily limit patients’ ability to seek specific services from their providers and restrict the range of providers they can see.