Designed to educate clinical psychology practitioners and leaders who wish to expand their knowledge base in psychopharmacology and medical conditions that are relevant to mental health care. Learn to augment the essential competencies of assessment, diagnosis, and intervention in a case-based learning environment, integrating these medical approaches into current and aspiring practitioners’ client care.
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The online M.S. Clinical Psychopharmacology is a two-year graduate degree program designed to educate you in psychopharmacology and medical conditions relevant to mental health care and psychological disorders—preparing you to pursue prescriptive authority. The program trains current and aspiring practitioners to integrate medical approaches into their client care through applied case-based learning. By working with persons who are prescribed psychotropic medications, you will become more competent in assessment, diagnosis, and intervention, and enhance their collaborative practice skills.
This program includes two tracks:
- M.S. Clinical Psychopharmacology Coursework Only Track (31 credit hours)
- M.S. Clinical Psychopharmacology Illinois Prescriptive Authority Preparation Track (67 credit hours)
The M.S. Clinical Psychopharmacology online program has been granted designation by the American Psychological Association (APA) Designation Committee for Postdoctoral Education and Training Programs in Psychopharmacology for Prescriptive Authority.
You may not represent yourself as having completed the APA Model Education and Training Program in Psychopharmacology for Prescriptive Authority until such time as you have completed the didactic, supervised clinical experience, and capstone components of the program.
Program Highlights
Join an Innovative Program
MSCP is an incubator for clinical psychopharmacology. With the integration of medication, management, and biopsychosocial treatment, the MS in clinical psychopharmacology program is designed to help psychologists across the country become even better mental health professionals and health care providers.
Earn Your Master’s Online
The MSCP program is offered online in ten eight-week terms, with a schedule designed for the working professional. As well as online courses, you’ll participate in community-based practicum where you will dive deeper into the issues central to the clinical demands, engage in collaborative assessment, and use resources to obtain evidence-based information on medications and treatment guidelines.
Do More for Your Patients
Clinical psychopharmacology is now recognized as a specialty by the APA. As a licensed psychologist with an MS in clinical psychopharmacology, or MSCP, you will be prepared to reach practical conclusions, make clinical decisions, oversee the mental health treatment for your patients, and ensure that they are receiving the correct medicine, if authorized.