Career Pathways in Psychiatry: Transition in Changing Times

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1138872539 ISBN13: 9781138872530 Release Date: January 2019 Publisher: Routledge Length: 216 Pages Weight: 0.65 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0" 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. It explores the professional development and career choices of prominent American psychiatrists, each of whom is identified with a particular career track and many of whom have themselves experienced one or more career transitions. The autobiographical accounts of the contributors survey a wide range of career pathways in psychiatry, including clinical practice, HMO practice, research, administration, entrepreneurism, psychoanalysis