Responsibility and education.
Ethical assumptions of psychiatry training and practice in a postmodern society, and of values and their linked beliefs have become important to search for and to acquire if a psychiatrist is to work in an informed, safe and helpful manner. These educational themes have particularly impacted on mental health services in the past 12 months and are reflected in the publications, including several editorials, reviewed. It is unsurprising that this literature is not evidence based in a restricted sense; but instead the area reviewed is within the field of opinion, purpose of regulatory bodies, and the influence of the public through user groups and the ballot box.
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School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent ST4 7QB, UK. pca02@keele.ac.uk
D002983:Clinical Competence; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004501:Education, Medical; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics*; D012106:Research; D006113:United Kingdom