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Study questions state psychologist license change
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Only West Virginia allows people to practice as psychologists without the most advanced graduate degree. A new report sees no reason to change that.
More than half the state's 460 or so practicing psychologists instead have a less-advanced master's degree. The state's Psychological Association wants the title psychologist limited to those with doctoral degrees.
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Study questions state psychologist license change
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Only West Virginia allows people to practice as psychologists without the most advanced graduate degree. A new report sees no reason to change that.
More than half the state's 460 or so practicing psychologists instead have a less-advanced master's degree. The state's Psychological Association wants the title psychologist limited to those with doctoral degrees.
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