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A Survey of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. E. Garralda ,
M. Wieselberg  and
D. A. Mrazek
M. E. Garralda
Affiliation:
University of Manchester and Booth Hall Children's Hospital Charlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 2AA
M. Wieselberg
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF
D. A. Mrazek
Affiliation:
National Jewish Hospital and Research Centre, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 3800 East Colfax Avenue, Colorado 80206, USA
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Summary

In a survey of training in child psychiatry in Great Britain, all senior registrars were sent questionnaires; the response rate was 69 per cent. We describe background factors of the trainees, details of the clinical and academic experience available to them, and their attitudes towards their training.

Most trainees had had extensive previous experience in adult psychiatry and the predominant orientation was psychoanalytic. In general, they approved of the guidelines for training issued by the Joint Committee for Higher Psychiatric Training. Family therapy was the most popular treatment method. We comment on their training experience where the interest expressed was not matched by adequate availability of the training facilities.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 498 - 504
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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