1. Why academic psychiatry is endangered.
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Henderson, Scott, Porter, Richard J, Basset, Darryl, Battersby, Malcolm, Baune, Bernhard T, Byrne, Gerard J, Ellis, Pete M, Everall, Ian, Glue, Paul, Hazell, Philip, Hood, Sean D, Kelly, Brian J, Kirkby, Kenneth C, Kissane, David, Luty, Suzanne E, Mellsop, Graham, Mitchell, Philip B, Mulder, Roger, Raphael, Beverley, and Tonge, Bruce
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The authors discuss the potential demise of academia and the threat to future academic psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. Topics include concerns regarding the future of academic psychiatry in this region, decline in recruitment in areas of academic medicines and its impact on undergraduate teaching, and the need for the Australian and New Zealand governments to provide academic psychiatry training. Also mentioned is the importance of succession planning in the funding of academic units.
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- 2015
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