Texas Tribune updates on new definition of practice of psychology

A lawmaker wants to give psychologists the opportunity to write prescriptions for patients through changes to the definition of “practice of psychology.” See Mary Lou Serafine’s reaction in this story.

Leave a Reply

Mary Lou’s Bio

Serafine earned her B.A. degree at Rutgers’ University and Ph.D. at the University of Florida. She then completed post-doctoral training in psychology at Yale University. She did research in cognitive and developmental psychology, published numerous scientific articles in those fields, and served on the psychology faculties of Yale College and Vassar College. She later published Music as Cognition (Columbia University Press). Serafine graduated from law school at Yale in 1991, where she served as Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal and held the Cullen Prize for writing the “best first-year paper” on jury perception of witness truth-telling and lying. After law school Serafine practiced in antitrust, investment banking, and mass torts litigation at an AmLaw 100 firm in Los Angeles. She is a licensed attorney in California, New York, Texas, and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and various federal courts. Her biography is published in Who’s Who in America.

Mary Lou receives general email inquiries through her page at the Texas Bar. See www.TexasBar.com or Email Please see disclaimer below.

Disclaimer

This website is not for the purpose of providing legal advice, advertising legal services, or for soliciting business. It is a blog that aims to present the political, constitutional, and policy opinions of Mary Lou Serafine. The Comments section is open to all readers and comments are welcomed and answered. The Contact Us section is for the purpose of media and website-related inquiries.

Use of this website and sending unsolicited email do not create an attorney-client relationship, and unsolicited email is not protected by attorney-client privilege. Unsolicited email will be answered in our discretion only.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply