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The Royal College of Psychiatrists: Our Immediate Tasks and Aims

The Charter Address at the First Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, held in London, 19 November 1971

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Martin Roth
Martin Roth*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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I should like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the fellows and members of our new College for placing me in the position in which I now stand. The Presidency is the greatest honour our Royal College can confer and the first occupant of the office sets out lacking guidelines or landmarks, without precedents or hallowed practices to constrain or cushion him. He will be expected to lead a democratically elected body of men towards their chosen objectives without falling prey to the dizziness or sense of grandeur that are prone at a height to deceive the senses. I am deeply conscious of the privilege, responsibility and the opportunities for advancing the discipline to which we are dedicated that are afforded by the Presidential office. I can only say that they will always have the first claim on such energies and talents as I am able to command.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 557 , April 1972 , pp. 359 - 366
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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