Psychiatric Services

Controversies in Psychiatric Services Seeks Submissions

Topic 6: Shortages in the Psychiatric Workforce

The coeditors of the Controversies in Psychiatric Services column have opened submissions on Topic 6:

To address psychiatric workforce shortages and to promote delivery of specialized services to vulnerable populations, psychiatry residency programs should compress their current general psychiatry curriculum into 3 years and focus the fourth year of training on increased use of the fast-track fellowship training model, with implementation in addiction, geriatric, community psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, and other in-demand subspecialty fellowships.

Controversies in Psychiatric Services highlights topical areas to the field of psychiatry where there may be debate, disagreements, or divisiveness. Submissions focus on a specific topic. Accepted papers will be published together, offering differing viewpoints on that topic. The goal is to foster new perspectives, promote further discourse, and, hopefully, generate new conclusions while maintaining the civility and intellectual rigor appropriate to an academic journal. Topics are chosen by the editors on the basis of the timeliness and importance of the controversy. Interested authors may submit papers describing one viewpoint on the topic (limited to 1,200 words and 5 references that are core to the argument; no abstract, tables, or figures). The editors may also reach out to individuals to request column submissions based on specific topics.

When submitting, please include the topic number in your cover letter. Rachel M. Talley, M.D., is overseeing this series.