title: The uncertain future of clinical psychiatry.
abstract: Clinical psychiatry is in a crisis state and might not survive in its present form. Health-care costs, in general, have escalated tenfold over a period of twenty years. The various factors that are threatening the existence of clinical psychiatry in its current form are reviewed and suggestions for change are offered.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lesse
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs