One way mirror on the wall, who is freudiest of us all?
Their longer training and base in biological medicine results in psychiatrists having a different range of skills to psychologists. Each is better fitted to certain tasks. Using a marketing model, it is argued that in New Zealand both groups will survive and spread best by selecting, from the myriad of patient need options, those that most closely match their skills. The more they compete, the more they undermine their own professional credibility.
Department of Psychological Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.
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D001689:Biological Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000639:trends; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009520:New Zealand; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*