title: The definition of a psychiatrist: eight years later.
abstract: In 1980, psychiatric practitioners and educators were surveyed to determine their concepts of the knowledge and skills that define a specialist in psychiatry. The authors repeated this survey, expanding the list of skill and knowledge items and asking respondents to comment on whether particular skills or knowledge were important to a psychiatric subspecialty. Less importance was ascribed in the current survey than in the earlier survey to certain long-term and social psychotherapies, and more importance was ascribed to descriptive or biological psychiatry; brief or supportive therapies; psychopharmacological agents; consultation-liaison psychiatry; evaluation of children, the aged, and alcoholics; and certain desirable personal characteristics of the psychiatrist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Langsley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yager
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013038:Specialization / Q000592:standards; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States