There is ample evidence affirming that racial and ethnic disparities beginning in early childhood persist over an individual’s life-course. Many of these disparities are linked to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that if properly detected could be amenable to treatment.

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Communications Director Leigh Appleby’s recent editorial, attempting to counter the fears of a student who had written a previous editorial, does a disservice to the people of Connecticut and unfairly castigates the student.  Moreover,  Appleby’s editorial points out many of the issues those of us working at Connecticut’s community colleges have with “Students First.”

I write this letter to the editor in attempt to dispel some of the myths tied to requirements necessary for a psychologist to prescribe medication. In Dr. Tichianaa Armah’s April 1 article, she states, “SB 966 would permit psychologists to prescribe medications after taking a 400-hour online class, and supervision by an MD, or APRN for as little as 1,000 hours.” This is particularly troubling as Dr. Armah’s fails to distinguish between credit clock hours and clock hours. Presumably, her calculations come from dividing 400 didactic hours by 40-hour weeks. In doing so, she comes to 10 weeks of training. Similarly, she suggests only 25 weeks of patient contact. However, this is unequivocally false.