Career Pathways in Psychiatry: Transition in Changing Times

by Lazarus; Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780881632170
• ISBN10: 0881632171
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 Timesserves 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, organized medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, public psychiatry, occupational psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and military psychiatry. These accounts are as engaging as they are informative; their anecdotal nature and conversational tone make for pleasurable reading. References at the end of each chapter serve as recommended reading for those who wish to learn more about specific career options. Intended for psychiatric residents and psychiatrists early in their careers, Career Pathways in Psychiatrywill also appeal to their more experienced colleagues, including seasoned clinicians who have contemplated career changes. With a preface summarizing research on career transitions in medicine and numerous chapters shedding light on factors contributing to resistance to change, this book will also be of interest to social scientists, mental health administrators, and professional recruiters.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
From Public Health Physician to Private Practitioner	p. 1
Psychoanalysis: A Personal Odyssey	p. 13
Getting Rid of Rats	p. 23
HMO Psychiatry: Not All the Same	p. 35
Managing Care	p. 49
Why Choose an Academic Career?	p. 59
The Inveterate NIMH Career Researcher: The Opportunities and Perils of Clinical Research in an Intramural Program	p. 71
Academic-Turned-Administrator: The Psychiatrist-Executive	p. 87
The Other Half of the Equation: A Psychiatrist in the Workplace	p. 99
Defensive Medicine: A Career in the Air Force	p. 113
Legal Regulation of Practice	p. 121
Transition to a New Kind of Academia: Pharmaceutical Medicine, Pharmaceutical RandD	p. 129
Power, Politics and the Psychiatrist	p. 139
The Chinese Menu Track: One from Column A ...	p. 153
Writing and Editing My Way Through Community Psychiatry, the Chronically Mentally Ill, Academia, and Managed Care	p. 161
On Being an Entrepreneur	p. 173
Index	p. 187
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