Psychiatry in public mental health: easy to say, but harder to achieve.
Psychiatrists are currently ill equipped to exploit the growing interest in public mental health. Training, service infrastructure and organisational links are deficient, which will impede population-based interventions. However, the potential benefits make correcting this worthwhile.
David M. Foreman, FRCPsych, FRCPCH, email: david_foreman@doctors.net.uk.
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D061345:Early Medical Intervention / Q000379:methods; D004739:England; D062489:Health Impact Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry; D011634:Public Health