Clinical psychology

Branch of medicine devoted to mental disorders

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2024
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
Utah became the seventh state to pass prescriptive authority legislation for psychologists.
2023
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
Colorado became the sixth state to pass prescriptive authority legislation for psychologists.
January 2022
Abnormal psychology
ICD-11 was set to replace the ICD-10 in WHO member states, introducing an updated classification system for mental health disorders.
August 2020
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
The American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives gave final approval to recognize clinical psychopharmacology as a specialty in psychology.
2019
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
The rules and regulations for Iowa's prescriptive authority law were approved.
February 2019
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
The APA Council of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve policy changes allowing psychopharmacology training to begin at the graduate level, previously restricted to postdoctoral training.
2018
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
The rules and regulations for Illinois' prescriptive authority law were approved.
2017
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
Idaho became the fifth state to grant prescriptive authority for psychologists.
2016
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
Iowa became the fourth state to grant prescriptive authority for psychologists.
2014
Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement
Illinois became the third state to approve prescriptive authority legislation for psychologists.

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