S3E9: Prescribing Psychologists with Dr. David Shearer

Some psychologists with extra training have been prescribing psychiatric medications for years. Tune in to find out how it’s been going!

ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Since 2009 Dr. David Shearer has been a clinical and prescribing psychologist for the Department of the Army at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) in the state of Washington. He serves as a core faculty member and Director of Behavioral Sciences for the MAMC family medicine residency. Dr. Shearer is fully integrated into the family medicine clinics at MAMC as the primary psychopharmacological consultant and prescriber. In addition, he is a faculty member of the Department of Behavioral Health at MAMC. He is a recipient of the Major Eduardo Caraveo National Service Award for contributions to the advancement of prescribing psychology and the Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the State Level Award from Division 55 of the American Psychological Association (APA). He was awarded the Sustained Service Award by the Washington State Psychological Association (WSPA) for life-long service to WSPA and the field of psychology. He is a Fellow of Division 55, the Society for Prescribing Psychology, of the APA. Dr. Shearer is the Chair of the Washington State Psychological Association’s Prescribing Psychology legislative taskforce. He is a past-President of the APA Division 55 Board of Directors and the Editor-in-Chief of the division’s official newsletter, The Tablet. Dr. Shearer is a co-chair of the Taskforce updating and rewriting the Practice Guidelines Regarding Psychologists’ Involvement in Pharmacological Issues for the American Psychological Association. He is a past associate editor of psychopharmacology for the open access, international, peer-reviewed journal, npj Mental Health Research. Dr. Shearer teaches as an adjunct faculty member at Alliant International University and New Mexico State University in the psychopharmacology graduate programs. Dr. Shearer has appointments in the Department of Family Medicine as an assistant professor at the Uniformed University of Health Sciences and as a clinical instructor at the University of Washington. His research and professional interests include understanding and evaluating the combination of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in the treatment of behavioral health disorders, prescribing psychology in primary care settings, teaching psychopharmacology to psychologists and allied health care providers, and the development of prescribing psychology in the military. He is the author of book chapters and professional articles on these topics and has presented at numerous national, regional and state conferences.

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