Psychiatric practice for the coming decade.
OBJECTIVE
To identify important trends and themes that will affect psychiatric training and practice.


METHODS
Selective literature review and reflections by the authors.


RESULTS
Three principal themes are elucidated relating to empiricism and integration, accountability and collaboration, and training and the public trust.


CONCLUSIONS
There must be debate and action on these and other themes to maintain the relevance of psychiatry to its changing context.
Goldbloom
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General Psychiatry Division, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
Garfinkel
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D002170:Canada; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*