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ISPN Position Statements

A large piece of the ISPN mission is to advocate for patients and their families. As such, we periodically release position statements to the public based on varied, timely topics. Below, please find .pdf files of various topics we’ve released thus far.

•	Diversity, Cultural Competence & Access to Mental Health Care - 2003 (PDF 20K)
•	Palliative Care - 2003 (PDF 23K)
•	Rights of Children in Treatment Settings - 1999 (PDF 39K)
•	Letter to HCFA - 1999 (PDF 15K)
•	Restraint & Seclusion - 1999 (PDF 31K)
•	White Paper on the Global Burden of Disease - 2000 (PDF 37K)
•	Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome - 2000 (PDF 66K)
•	Youth Violence - 2001 (PDF 44K)
•	Clinical Psychologists with Prescriptive Authority - 2001 (PDF 27K)
•	Response to Clinical Psychologists Prescribing Psychotropics Medications (PDF 27K)


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