Interesting article. The Psy.D. programs are extremely dubious, especially with their push to prescribe medications with essentially no scientific background or training.
Depends on the program.
My program offered either a PhD or Psy D. I chose the PhD.
We had more training by the UCSD MD who taught psychiatrists their psychoactive drug courses—we had 10 times the hours of instruction BY HIM than he was allowed TO GIVE THE PSYCHIATRISTS! Crazy.
I have no trouble with properly trained psychologists prescribing a limited range of psychoactive drugs in a proper context.
This closed shop/guild turf stuff to rank up the fees is not exactly the greatest benefit to the patients, clients either.