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Others appear to be getting even less. And that is interfering with their ability to learn, contend teachers, who say they are confronting more and more draggy pupils, even in elementary school. Sleepy youngsters are arriving late to class, forgetting assignments, moving at a snail's pace from task to task, and sometimes dropping their head on their desk to catch a few winks...
...push to give prescription privileges to psychologists has intensified tensions between the two groups of mental health professionals. Psychologists insist that the initiative is the only way to get valuable medications to all those who could benefit from them. Psychiatrists and many other doctors contend that granting such powers to people without adequate training is irresponsible and possibly dangerous. Says Dr. Carolyn Robinowitz, deputy medical director of the American Psychiatric Association: "We're talking about patients and their lives. I just hope people don't suffer serious complications for the sake of proving a point...
Psychologists maintain that they are eager to prescribe because medication is an increasingly powerful tool for relieving mental illness. But some critics see an ulterior motive. They contend that what the two professions are really concerned about is profits. In fact, psychiatrists have reason to worry. From 1982 to 1987, according to one poll, the proportion of counseling visits handled by psychiatrists fell from 36% to 22%, while those by psychologists rose from 29% to 34%. This summer Washington loosened psychiatrists' grip on treatment of the elderly by permitting psychologists to receive reimbursements from Medicare. In addition, the California supreme...
State officials contend that Scheme Z is the only workable way to implement their multibillion dollar plan to construct a new Central Artery underneath Boston, and Secretary of Environmental Affairs John DeVillars is scheduled to rule on the project on January...
Correction officials admit to sanitary violations but claim there is little they can do. They contend that the jail population is subject to sudden surges in arrests and note that the opening of a new 850-bed facility is running behind schedule. "Paying arrestees $150 is outrageous," said city council president Andrew Stein, "and rewards potential criminals...