Single-handed consultant practice in psychiatry

Psychiatry in Medical Practice

the concepts and information it presents. Its great weakness lies in the lack of critical appraisal of the methodology of some of the data quoted. Wide-eyed speculation based on single cases are quoted with as much authority as the data of well-controlled experimental studies. Considering the fact that at least 65 per cent of patients coming to the average physician have disease syndromes initi...

Psychiatry in General Practice

Cases coming to the general practitioner and falling under psychiatry belong to 4 categories : (1) Cases which the practitioner can treat himself, 50%. (2) Cases suffering from self limiting illness, 25%. They need supervision only. (3) Cases requiring expert advice and help, 10%. A specialist is necessary for their treatment. (4) Cases which are chronic and unteratable by any known method, 15%.

Psychiatry in general practice.

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Reasons for choosing to specialise in psychiatry: differences between core psychiatry trainees and consultant psychiatrists

Aims and method This questionnaire study aimed to investigate the reasons for choosing to specialise in psychiatry in a sample of consultant psychiatrists and core trainee psychiatrists from within the West Midlands. Results Five reasons were significantly different between the core trainees and consultant psychiatrists. 'Emphasis on the patient as a whole' was identified as the most important ...