COULD VERSUS SHOULD - REPLY

Sammons (1994) believes that our critique of organized psychology's ef forts to gain limited prescriptive privileges (Adams & Bieliauskas, 19 94) is comprised of pseudo-problems (e.g., the noncurative nature of p sychopharmacology) or issues that can readily be handled (e.g., malpra ctice exposure). We disagree and attempt herein to inject some reality into the picture of the bright new world of psychologists armed with prescription pads. Most importantly, the seemingly vanished distinctio n between what could be done politically or legislatively and what sho uld be done for the profession and the public good is redrawn.