Issue 2 2023 | The Nordic Psychiatrist

Issue 2 2023: Seven competencies of a psychiatrist

Editorials | Medical comments | Historical aspects
Week in psychiatry | Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
World Psychiatric Association | Nordic Congress of Psychiatry

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Editorials

Hans-Peter Mofors

Editor word: Issue 2 2023

Starting around the mid-nineteenth century, psychiatrists were referred to as "alienists." It was the alienist's job to study, understand...

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

Word from NPA: Issue 2 2023

The new issue is about us. Doctors, managers, counselors, leaders, but also – partners, spouses, parents, daughters/sons. We have many...

June - October of 2023

7 competencies

Main theme: 7 competencies of a psychiatrist

UEMS for psychiatrists: seven competencies of a psychiatrist

Goda Tikniūtė

UEMS for psychiatrists: seven competencies of a psychiatrist

The European Union of Medical Specialists (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes – UEMS) is a non-governmental organisation...

Psychiatry - a unique speciality for approaching mental health bio-psycho-socio-existentially

Shahram Shaygani

Psychiatry - a unique speciality for approaching mental health bio-psycho-socio-existentially

Psychiatrists must take an active role in defining their identity, rather than allowing...

Interview with Lade Smith CBE, President of the RCPsych

Páll Matthíasson

Interview with Lade Smith CBE, President of the RCPsych

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and is responsible for...

Philosophy, mental health and mental disorders

Anne Kristine Bergem

Philosophy, mental health and mental disorders

Interview with Erik Falkum, who explores fundamental questions in psychiatry.

The seven competencies of a psychiatrist

Marisa Casanova Dias

The seven competencies of a psychiatrist

The seven competencies of a psychiatrist are based on the CanMEDS physician competency framework as amended in 2015.

What can “The invisible child” teach us about leadership?

Maria Larsson

What can “The invisible child” teach us about leadership?

On the first day of medical school one of the main teachers read the short story “The Invisible Child” by Tove Jansson out loud. It is...

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7 competencies - Medical expert

Lars Lien

The psychiatrist as a medical expert

The psychiatrist is among other things, a medical expert within the bio-psycho-social model, who assesses and treats mental health...

Tom Burns

Who should make psychiatric diagnoses?

Psychiatry was in the vanguard of developing the multi-disciplinary team practice that is now the norm in modern medicine. The need to...

Stand up in defence of diagnostics! Or to whom does the diagnosis belong?

Lena Nylander

Stand up in defence of diagnostics! Or to whom does the diagnosis belong?

One of the most central assignments of health care is diagnostics, i. e. collecting and summarizing the problems presented by the patient...

7 competencies - Communicator

Psychiatrist as communicator: interview with Vilius Ogenskas

Goda Tikniūtė

Psychiatrist as communicator: interview with Vilius Ogenskas

Vilius Ogenskas is a psychiatrist currently working at Jonava primary health care center and Lotus Medica Clinic. In the start of his...

7 competencies - Collaborator

CL psychiatry – the psychiatrist as collaborator

Anne Kristine Bergem

CL psychiatry – the psychiatrist as collaborator

Interview with Siv Elin Pigantiello, who is privileged to work alongside dedicated and engaged colleagues from somatic specialties.

“Always together, never alone – the psychiatrist as collaborator”

Fredrik Holth

“Always together, never alone – the psychiatrist as collaborator”

A good understanding of roles requires respect for each other, as well as us being responsive and having the ability to manage...

7 competences of a psychiatrist - collaborator competence

Merit Kudeviita

7 competences of a psychiatrist - collaborator competence

What does it really take to be a good psychiatrist? One of the competences needed in this line of work is the ability to...

7 competencies - Leader

Interview with Lina Martinsson, Head of Psykiatri Sydväst, SLSO

Hans-Peter Mofors

Interview with Lina Martinsson, Head of Psykiatri Sydväst, SLSO

Psykiatri Sydväst (PSV) is a clinic located at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge twenty kilometers south of the center of...

“I am so happy it isn’t me…”: reflections on physicians and leadership

René Sjælland

“I am so happy it isn’t me…”: reflections on physicians and leadership

As every physician will face leadership challenges, the aim of this article is to elaborate on one of the seven CANMeds' competencies on...

7 competencies - Health advocate

Páll Matthíasson

The psychiatrist as a health advocate

Interview with psychiatrist Dr. Ólafur Þór Ævarsson.

Yes, we can: interview with Mikkel Rasmussen

Marianne Kastrup

Yes, we can: interview with Mikkel Rasmussen

Psychiatrists could benefit from getting a greater insight into the political and administrative processes governing our health care...

General competencies in the training of future psychiatrists in a time of shortage of supervisors

Signe Wegmann Düring

General competencies in the training of future psychiatrists in a time of shortage of supervisors

Comments by the Danish Psychiatric Association to the new recommendations by...

The world is experienced with the body: the art of medicine and creative writing

Birgit Bundesen

The world is experienced with the body: the art of medicine and creative writing

According to Hippocrates, the art of medicine was the special ethically driven ability to balance sensations, observations, experience...

7 competencies - Scholar

The psychiatrist as a Scholar – Coachman or fifth wheel on the wagon?

Martin Tesli

The psychiatrist as a Scholar – Coachman or fifth wheel on the wagon?

The role of the psychiatrist in psychiatric research has changed during the last decades. From being a natural leader, we are gradually...

A Swedish multiple-choice test for psychiatrists

Karl Lundblad

A Swedish multiple-choice test for psychiatrists

Discussions about examination as a part of residency in psychiatry have been ongoing for many years now. Residency in adult psychiatry...

7 competencies - Professional

Psychiatrist as a professional: interview with Professor Eugenijus Laurinaitis

Goda Tikniūtė

Psychiatrist as a professional: interview with Professor Eugenijus Laurinaitis

Let’s start with the three main components of each profession: knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is quite well-defined what knowledge...

Medical comments

Cornelia Wulff Hamrin

The importance of work for clients in psychiatric outpatient clinics

It is hard for people with mental illnesses to get an employment, for various reasons. Here we discuss the paper “Attitudes towards work...

The importance of work for clients in psychiatric outpatient clinics

Historical aspects

Maris Taube

Psychiatry in Latvia throughout the centuries

Psychiatry in Latvia has a long and eventful history. A sensitive attitude towards the mentally ill in Riga was formed already during the...

Psychiatry in Latvia throughout the centuries

Week in psychiatry

Hans-Peter Mofors

A week in psychiatry with Hans-Peter Mofors

This time, Hans-Peter Mofors gladly agreed to describe his work week.

A week in psychiatry with Hans-Peter Mofors

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Martin Balslev Jorgensen

Highlights from the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (June - October of 2023)

The Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, formerly “Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift”, is an international journal that publishes excellent...

World Psychiatric Association

Anne Kristine Bergem

Mental disorders represent a worldwide public health concern

Interview with Professor Danuta Wasserman, President of the World Psychiatric Association.

Mental disorders represent a worldwide public health concern

Nordic Congress of Psychiatry

TNP editorial board

Nordic Congress of Psychiatry 2024 “Knowledge and Humanity in Psychiatry”

The 34th international Nordic Congress of Psychiatry (NCP) “Knowledge and humanity in psychiatry” will take place in Riga, Latvia, in (...)

Nordic Congress of Psychiatry 2024 “Knowledge and Humanity in Psychiatry”

TNP editorial board

Get ready for the most exciting Baltic-Nordic Congress in Psychiatry of 2024!

We are proud to announce that the Latvian Psychiatric Association is hosting the Nordic Congress of Psychiatry for the first time in Riga...

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Editorials | Medical comments | Historical aspects Week in psychiatry | Nordic Journal of Psychiatry World Psychiatric Association | Nordic Congress of Psychiatry

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Click on each title to see a list of articles

June - October of 2023

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Editorials | Medical comments | Historical aspects
Week in psychiatry | Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
World Psychiatric Association | Nordic Congress of Psychiatry