A guide to the complex world of psychiatric practice which is aimed at psychiatrists at all levels. The editors have brought together a host of experienced and well-known authors who cover a wide spectrum of topics. It covers the skills necessary for running services, such as management of finances, resources and personnel issues; plus personal development skills, including negotiation, presentation and leadership skills, stress management, mentoring, managing committees and dealing with the media.
Audience: Both those starting out on a career in psychiatry and more experienced physicians moving on to senior management roles, will find this book an essential and helpful resource.
• Put together especially for the North American market. • Takes chapters from two of our existing bestsellers: Management for Psychiatrists (3rd edn) and Handbook for Psychiatric Trainees. About the editors:
Dinesh Bhugra - Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry,
King’s College London and current President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). Stuart Bell - Chief Executive of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (the UK’s leading mental health trust). Alistair Burns - Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Manchester. Oliver Howes - Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neuroimaging at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and Honorary Consultant at the South London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust.
Contents
Part I - General Considerations 1 Global healthcare systems 2 Bio-psychosocial models of aetiology and management 3 Ethical reasoning in psychiatry 4 Medical management 5 Doctors and managers 6 Multidisciplinary teams 7 Understanding systems 8 Confidentiality and management in healthcare organisations
Part II - Leadership and Management Skills 9 Leadership 10 Management of change 11 Clinical governance 12 Complaints 13 Service users’ expectations 14 Measurement of needs 15 Clinical audit 16 Quality improvement tools for healthcare 17 Managing the psychiatrist’s performance
Part III - Essential Personal Skills 18 Personal safety 19 Managing violence 20 Managing difficult clinical situations 21 Understanding and managing stress 22 Managing time: the key to professional success 23 Negotiation skills 24 Presentation skills 25 How to get published 26 Mental health informatics 27 How to manage committees 28 Managing people 29 How to work with the media – and survive
Part IV - Careers in Psychiatry 30 Academic careers 31 Higher degrees 32 How to get the job you really want 33 Surviving as a junior consultant: hit the ground walking 34 Consultant mentoring and mentoring consultants | 
