- Features first-person narratives from women currently holding leadership positions in psychiatry
- Includes comprehensive and specific advice about successfully pursuing a career in academic psychiatry
- Candidly confronts issues and questions that women face in academic psychiatry
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- About this book
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This text comprises of sixteen first-person narratives from some of the most influential women in psychiatry about why they went into the field, what they attribute to success, and how they overcame their challenges. The second part of this text analyzes the themes brought to light in the narrative and discusses strategies for success. Though several of the chapters target issues that women in academic psychiatry may not have a resource for, several of the chapters discuss challenges that both men and women face, including strategic actions and decisions and the time investment necessary for a successful career in academic psychiatry. The topics are relevant to medical professionals at every level of their career who are or work with women in the field.
Women in Academic Psychiatry is a unique resource for the professional woman in psychiatry, psychology, medical school, for men who face particular career challenges in academic medicine or are cultivating young women who are eager to succeed.
- About the authors
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Sophia Frangou, MD, PhD, FRCPsych Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry Chief, Psychosis Research Program - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY USA
Editor-in-Chief of European Psychiatry (Official journal of European Psychiatric Association)
Associate Editor of Human Brain MappingVice-Chair, Pan-American division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists - Reviews
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“In the book … the stories of 16 prominent female professionals who have made careers in academic psychiatry are examined. … book can be read from cover to cover or picked up and started at any chapter, which will offer either a career story or suggestions for success. … An ideal application of this book might be use in a seminar or group discussion related to the history and progression of women’s careers in psychiatry, specifically in an academic setting.” (Rebecca Cogwell Anderson, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (3), January, 2017)
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Lynn E. DeLisi
Pages 3-10
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Judith M. Ford
Pages 11-15
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Ellen Frank
Pages 17-22
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Sheila Hollins
Pages 23-29
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Hilleke Hulshoff Pol
Pages 31-36
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Women in Academic Psychiatry
- Book Subtitle
- A Mind to Succeed
- Editors
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- Sophia Frangou
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-32177-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-32177-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-32175-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 161
- Number of Illustrations
- 17 illustrations in colour
- Topics
