Article archive / February 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 1, No. 6. Source pages: 2.
Several explanations are circulating about why 251 was needed: moral issues, public safety, the problem with “onerous rules” which would have made the 2004 law null and void. And there was the comment that medicine could provide MPs with “opportunities to develop professionally.”
Years ago I worked at Honeywell with a woman manager who knew the ropes. We’d attend high level meetings and I’d come away shaking my head, puzzled as to why the top managers made the decisions they did. She’d laugh and say, “Whatever they say it’s about, it’s about money.” Of course as psychologists we know it’s also about power, sex, mastery, etc. But money is a good facsimile.
Not that there is anything wrong with doing something for money; it’s an honest motive. Supply and demand forces shape the economy and professions restrict supply. MPs could potentially achieve a 40% increase in compensation the closer they come to psychiatry.
But still, why move from under psychology? So I asked Michael Dooley, MBA, and he said, “Why move psychology under medicine? –It was easier. Whatever was easier in dollars or effort.”
Social Workers……………………… 39,530
Marriage & Family Therapists …….. 44,590
Psychology Professors…………… 63,630
Clinical, Counseling, & School Psychologists……………….. 64,100
Neuropsychologists………………… 86,120
Psychiatrists……………………….. 154,200
National median salaries. Source: O*Net
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