Editorial: Psychiatry: De-Professionalisation

EDITORIAL Psychiatry and its objects

Whether natural, social or belletristic, all disciplines are related to objects considered as specifically their own. The fact that the objects of some (e.g. zoology, botany) are more easily recognized than those of others (e.g. Social Anthropology or History of Art) is conventionally explained by the claim that the former are ontologically independent. There is in our time a tendency to place ...

The Editorial Leadership of Academic Psychiatry.

Academic Psychiatry seeks to advance knowledge and the practice of education, leadership, administration, and ethics in psychiatry, as well as scholarship on professional development and wellness. With recent growth at the journal, including an increasing number of manuscript submissions and a move to an international publishing platform through Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, the editori...

Guest editorial: classification in child psychiatry.

Teacher Professionalisation and Career Commitment

Overall, the findings of the present study suggest that teachers have low to moderate levels of professionalisation, high level of career identity and moderate levels of career resilience, and career planning. From the T-tests and F-tests conducted, it was found that gender has a significant impact on career identity whereas age and marital status have significant impact on career planning and ...

Editorial Perspective: Neurodiversity - a revolutionary concept for autism and psychiatry.

Should we continue to refer to autism as a 'disease' or 'disorder', or is the framework of 'neurodiversity' a more humane and accurate lens through which to view people with autism? Evidence at the genetic, neural, behavioural and cognitive levels reveals people with autism show both differences, and signs of disability, but not disorder. Disability requires societal support, acceptance of diff...