The psychiatrist-administrator: odd man out?
The development of community psychiatry as a recognized subspecialty of psychiatry and the concomitant growth of community mental health programs have once again brought into focus the role of the psychiatrist-administrator in the practice of public psychiatry. This paper explores the principal conflicts that the psychiatrist-administrator faces in his multiple roles as a physician, psychiatrist, administrator, community services planner, and clinician. Unless he can work toward a resolution of the conflicts and problems that arise, he is in danger of becoming the "odd man out"--the psychiatrist-adminstrator who does not have complete acceptance from any of the groups to which he belongs and within which he is trying to define his combined and complex role.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011331:Private Practice; D011570:Psychiatry; D012380:Role