Ironically, it may destroy psychology by decreasing its attractiveness. If you want to treat the mentally ill with meds, why not just go to med school, instead of 4 years PhD, another year of fellowship, additional psychopharm training....only to end up as the guy on the bottom rung in terms of respect, experience, and ability.
It may end up that psychology becomes nothing more than a psych version of PA. Which would effectively end psychology as a distinct clinical enterprise.
It would be a shame for psychology to pursue pill-pushing, and thereby end its focus on therapy. I guess it will be up to Licensed counselors and social workers to continue those efforts?
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