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Psychopharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program Psychologists have always been leaders in the provision of quality mental and behavioral healthcare to their clients. As part of their commitment to continuity of care, psychologists have worked collaboratively with physician colleagues when biological or psychopharmacological treatment issues have been involved in that quality care. The professional evolution of psychology, however, has led to the decision to further enhance psychologists' knowledge base in psychopharmacological treatments. Indeed, recent literature has suggested psychologists have an ethical obligation to continue their training in psychopharmacology, and the impact of biological factors on emotional disorders (Barnett & Neel, 2000). Some psychologists wish to be better informed collaborators with their physician colleagues, while others have decided to pursue an expansion of their scope of practice by legislatively seeking prescriptive authority. The latter goal has been advanced dramatically by New Mexico's recent decision to award psychologists independent prescriptive authority. Whichever path they choose to follow, practicing psychologists must commit to the additional education and training required to augment their knowledge base in the biological bases of human behavior and the psychopharmacological treatments that have evolved from that approach to the human condition. Most importantly, when doing so, psychologists must maintain their grounding in the science and practice of psychology and their identity as a psychologist.
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