title: The evolution and current status of public-academic partnerships in psychiatry.
abstract: This column is the first in a series focused on the current state of public-academic partnerships in America. It reviews the history of such relationships and some of the results of these collaborative efforts. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia have published the results of their programs. Finally, it summarizes the results of a recently repeated survey of departments of psychiatry, initially performed by Faulkner 25 years ago, and concludes that there is a promising future for those interested in initiating or expanding such partnerships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. jtalbott@psych.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Talbott
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016730:Program Development; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014481:United States