Based on recently voiced concerns about a crisis in psychiatry, six challenges to our
profession are identified and discussed. As we approach the revisions of ICD-10 and DSM …

The recent drive within the UK National Health Service to improve psychosocial care for
people with mental illness is both understandable and welcome: evidence-based …

Psychiatrists make important and specific contributions to the care of those with mental
health problems and high-quality services should enable patients to benefit optimally from a …

Aims and MethodA questionnaire survey of general adult psychiatric consultants and
specialist registrars in the West Midlands was conducted to examine attitudes towards New …

Leadership is a key role for psychiatrists, with many models that can be adopted depending
in part on the nature of the individual and their training, the primary task of the team and the …

The Mental Health Act 1983 now incorporates amendments introduced in 2007. This article
explores features of the amended Act that affect the treatment of patients with personality …

Aims and methodTo investigate, through a semi-qualitative survey at three geographical
sites, health professionals' and service users' opinion about the impact of providing separate …

This paper aims to consider postgraduate psychiatric training in the context of New Ways of
Working for psychiatrists in England. It summarises the impact of recent changes in …

This chapter will consider theoretical and practical aspects of the role of psychiatrist in an
inpatient service providing lengthy psychological treatment for individuals with severe …

Based on recently voiced concerns about a crisis in psychiatry, six challenges to our
profession are identified and discussed. As we approach the revisions of ICD-10 and DSM …