Saving Our Psychosocial Souls.

This article presents a commentary note on an article by researcher D.O. Antonuccio and his colleagues on professional psychology. Considering the frequency of polypharmacological treatment relative to the evidence for its safety and incremental efficacy, as well as the widespread use of antidepressants with their meager advantage over placebo, one of the most important contributions psychologists seeking prescriptive authority can make to the practice of pharmacotherapy is the promulgation of a judicious approach to prescribing. Two measure points are raised concerning the article. First, Antonuccio and his colleagues have focused on the pharmaceutical industry as a reason for the excessive use of medication. The second point is that it is important to acknowledge and use those features specific to psychology that should serve as resistance factors against the overreliance on medication.