Management for Psychiatrists

This popular title provides a guide to the complex world of management in psychiatric practice. The editors have brought together an impressive group of knowledgeable and well-known authors who write from their direct and current experience in the ever-changing National Health Service. Topics covered include the various skills necessary for running services, such as management of finances, resources and personnel issues, and topics central to today's changing scene, such as revalidation, service users' expectations and clinical governance. The book concludes with a section on personal development, addressing such issues as presentation skills, stress management, mentoring, managing committees and dealing with the media. This book is essential reading for higher trainees and early career psychiatrists, and also relevant to consultants, other mental health professionals and clinicians involved in the planning and running of mental health services. Chapters can be read as self-contained units for easy referencing. Completely updated and enlarged. A sound practical guide. Written by authors with direct, current experience. Readership: Specialist trainees in psychiatry, plus useful for new and established consultants.

© 2016 Vearsa - Royal College of Psychiatrists (E-bog): 9781909726666

Release date

E-bog: 1. september 2016