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Really? What is this, market protection for Catholic priests? I guess you literally do have to start a federally recognized church (thankfully they recognize atheist churches) in order to have the Order of Silent Confessors.
More, I think, rent-seeking by a long-established and powerful constituency. Doctors and lawyers also have very strong privileges, while psychiatrists seem to be less well organized and not as old.
(Quick! In a lobbying fight between the APA and the AMA, who would win? Between the APA and ABA? Between local bars and local psychiatrists?)