Public Relations in Psychiatry

New image of psychiatry, mass media impact and public relations.

The mass media has a powerful impact on public attitudes about mental health and psychiatry. The question of identity of psychiatry as a medical profession as well as of the future of psychiatry has been the subject of much controversial discussion. Psychiatry today has the historical opportunity to shape the future of mental health care, medicine and society. It has gained in scientific and pr...

Psychiatry and public policy.

Public Relations.

Students whose native language is not English must meet certain English-language proficiency standards before they are accepted into any program in the English Department. To qualify for admission, students must have passed (within the past year) the test(s) listed below with score(s) at or above those indicated: 1. TOEFL score of 600 with no section score lower than 60 and a minimum TWE (Test ...

Public relations.

Forensic psychiatry and public protection.

The prominence of risk in UK social and criminal justice policy creates opportunities, challenges and dangers for forensic psychiatry. The future standing of the specialty will depend not only on the practical utility of its responses to those opportunities and challenges, but also the ethical integrity of those responses.