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Janice Schakowsky: “Requiring psychologists to have to go through a psychiatrist to get to provide services is just unconscionable.”

On the recordJune 29, 2020
Requiring psychologists to have to go through a psychiatrist to get to provide services is just unconscionable.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing administrative barriers for psychologists in providing mental health services.

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