Article archive / April 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 4. Source pages: 12.
Louisiana Psychological Association President, Dr. Joe Tramontana, and Dr. Darlyne Nemeth, medical psychologist and delegate to the American Psychological Association, wrote an article for the National Psychologist March/April issue, “How medical psychology really works in Louisiana.”
Dr. Nemeth described how she became a medical psychologist and her experiences, noting, “One of my best experiences was the collegiality I shared with so many other psychologists.” She also described the ease of sharing information with physicians. “Now, they are free to consult a medical psychologist, rather than a psychiatrist or non-psychiatric medical practitioner, …”
In his statement, Dr. Tramontana wrote that he had enrolled at one time in the psychopharmacology training but decided rather to focus on his books on hypnosis. He summed up that “medical psychology really works” and “Collegiality is enhanced on all levels and psychology’s contribution to integrated healthcare is even more robust.”
The authors concluded that there is a very positive future for medical psychology and healthcare psychology in Louisiana. The article was in part a response to an article in the November/December National Psychologist by the the Times publisher, J. Nelson, “Be careful what you ask for: RxP and psychology in Louisiana.” Tramontana wrote that he had difficulty recruiting medical psychologists back to LPA because of Nelson, but that he could see some problems with Act 251.
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