Academic psychiatry is everyone's business

Hugo D. Critchley, Derek K. Tracy*, Gin S. Malhi, Laith Alexander, David S. Baldwin, Jonathan Cavanagh, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Andrea Cipriani, Saeed Farooq, Angela Hassiotis, Oliver Howes, Sameer Jauhar, Stephen M. Lawrie, Emmeline Lagunes-Cordoba, Anne Lingford-Hughes, James H. Maccabe, Ismail Memon, Ciaran Mulholland, Musa Sami, Kapil SayalRohit Shankar, Lindsey Sinclair, Oliver Sparasci, Ekkehart F.A. Staufenberg, Lucy E. Stirland, Paul R.A. Stokes, Charlotte Wilson Jones, Peter W.R. Woodruff, Allan H. Young

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This editorial considers the value and nature of academic psychiatry by asking what defines the specialty and psychiatrists as academics. We frame academic psychiatry as a way of thinking that benefits clinical services and discuss how to inspire the next generation of academics.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBritish Journal of Psychiatry
DOIs
Publication statusEarly online date - 16 Oct 2024

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Keywords

  • Academic psychiatry
  • psychiatric careers
  • psychiatric education
  • psychiatric research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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