The definition of a psychiatrist: eight years later

In 1980, psychiatric practitioners and educators were surveyed to determine their concepts of the knowledge and skills that define a specialist in psychiatry. The authors repeated this survey, expanding the list of skill and knowledge items and asking respondents to comment on whether particular ski...

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Published inThe American journal of psychiatry Vol. 145; no. 4; p. 469
Main Authors Langsley, D G, Yager, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1988
Subjects
Administrative Personnel
Attitude of Health Personnel
Child Psychiatry
Clinical Competence
Humans
Professional Practice - standards
Psychiatry - education
Psychiatry - standards
Psychotherapy
Referral and Consultation
Specialization - standards
Specialty Boards - standards
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching - standards
United States
United States
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Summary:In 1980, psychiatric practitioners and educators were surveyed to determine their concepts of the knowledge and skills that define a specialist in psychiatry. The authors repeated this survey, expanding the list of skill and knowledge items and asking respondents to comment on whether particular skills or knowledge were important to a psychiatric subspecialty. Less importance was ascribed in the current survey than in the earlier survey to certain long-term and social psychotherapies, and more importance was ascribed to descriptive or biological psychiatry; brief or supportive therapies; psychopharmacological agents; consultation-liaison psychiatry; evaluation of children, the aged, and alcoholics; and certain desirable personal characteristics of the psychiatrist.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/ajp.145.4.469