Ensuring the future of the psychiatrist administrator

Abstract

Objective: To describe the increasing trend to appoint non‐psychiatrist executive managers to Queensland Mental Health Services and report on strategies to safeguard the future of administrative psychiatrists. Conclusion: To ensure a future for administrative psychiatrists, we have formed a Queensland Interest group in Administrative Psychiatry and established a Senior Registrar post in Administrative Psychiatry for two years.

Leadership for change in complex systems

“…There are substantial inequities in the distribution, and accessibility, of mental health services that act to the detriment of people in rural and remote areas and in disadvantaged areas of cities 13 . Concern has been expressed about the perceived loss of role 14 and poor definition of roles 15 for psychiatrists, about whether psychiatrists are adequately prepared for management and leadership roles in this process of continuing change, 16 and about the nature of relationships between psychiatrists and other professionals in multidisciplinary teams 17 …”