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How to improve psychiatric services: a perspective from critical psychiatry
1Consultant Psychiatrist, Monkwearmouth Hospital, Sunderland SR5 1NB.
Abstract:
Concern has been expressed from both within and outwith psychiatry about the relative lack of improvement of mental health services. Critical psychiatry is an emerging school of thought, mainly the product of practicing clinicians, which could be useful in remedying this situation. This article outlines, for psychiatrists and doctors of other specialities, practices which could be improved, and the competencies required to achieve this, in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes.
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