Dr. Sonia Morris:

Absolutely, but that is not the entire story. Even if psychology was regulated under CORU, the practice of assessment across regulated clinicians would still not be standardised. Clinicians are free to perform whatever standard of assessment they choose. When a significant number of people are demanding private assessments and the private waiting lists are long, there is a temptation to shorten assessments or not to consider other neurodivergences or diagnoses that could be contributing to the features that the young person or adult is exhibiting. There needs to be not just regulation of the field, but also guidance on what good assessment is.