Career transitions in psychiatry have rarely been discussed openly. Yet, in the light of health care reform and other forces affecting clinical practice, it is more important than ever that psychiatrists have information about the career options within their specialty. Career Pathways in Psychiatry: Transition in Changing Times serves that purpose.
Key Features
- Explores the professional development and career choices of prominent American psychiatrists.
- Includes autobiographical accounts that survey a wide range of career pathways in psychiatry.
- Engaging and informative narratives with a conversational tone.
- References at the end of each chapter for further reading.
- Intended for psychiatric residents and early-career psychiatrists, but also appeals to seasoned clinicians.
Additional Information
The contributors are identified with particular career tracks and many have experienced one or more career transitions. Career pathways discussed include clinical practice, HMO practice, research, administration, entrepreneurism, psychoanalysis, organized medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, public psychiatry, occupational psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and military psychiatry. The book also features a preface summarising research on career transitions in medicine and factors contributing to resistance to change.
