Academic psychiatry is everyone's business

Br J Psychiatry. 2024 Dec;225(6):521-525. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2024.152.

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.

Keywords: Academic psychiatry; psychiatric careers; psychiatric education; psychiatric research.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Academia
  • Humans
  • Psychiatry*