title: Challenges for trainees in psychiatry and early career psychiatrists.
abstract: Psychiatry as a discipline will undergo major changes in the coming years. Although changes can be particularly stimulating and challenging from an intellectual, scientific and social viewpoint, the new generations of psychiatrists must be prepared to face these changes and deal with them appropriately. Paradigms which have represented the foundations of psychiatry in the last century now need a major revision. In particular, both trainees in psychiatry and early career psychiatrists need to (1) (re)discover psychopathology, (2) improve mental healthcare through integrated treatments, (3) identify and treat new syndromes, (4) promote an image of psychiatry with patients at the heart of care and as advocates for each other by fighting stigma and promoting the recruitment in psychiatry by medical students. These can be achieved by increasing involvement in institutions and organizations to influence the agenda. In this paper the possible contribution of trainees and early career psychiatrists is discussed and recommendations are made in order to set a new agenda for early career psychiatrists who will still be practising 2-3 decades from now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN , Naples , Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiorillo
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luciano
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: Gaia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sampogna
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Del Gaudio
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojnic Kuzman
authors.forename: Nikolina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jovanovic
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nawka
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Volpe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D000078329:Workforce