Leadership in psychiatry

The psychiatric profession must ensure that its next generation of leaders has the appropriate skills to provide mental health services in the face of globalization and urbanization, new technologies, and competing demands for shrinking resources. Developing leadership skills and leaders is critical in order to optimise the use of resources, their application, service planning and delivery of services for patients and their families. This is the first book on leadership (rather than management skills) to focus on psychiatry and mental health care.

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Leadership in Psychiatry; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part A The Role of the Leader; Chapter 1 What is Leadership?; Introduction; What is leadership?; Skills needed in and for leadership roles; Leaders: born or made?; Team leadership and managing teams; Manager or leader?; Leadership complements management and does not replace it; Psychodynamic understanding of leadership; Key qualities of successful leaders; Communication; Managing conflict; Gender and leadership; Solving problems as leader; Delegation of responsibilities; Conclusions; References.

Chapter 2 What Makes a Leader? Skills and CompetenciesLeader and leadership; Leader; Leadership; Management versus leadership; Power, authority and leadership; Leadership and charisma; Personal skills in leadership: traits of a leader; Openness to the unvarnished truth; Commitment; Inspiring skills; Competency; What sets up a leader?; Leadership styles; Informal leaders; Relationship-oriented versus task-oriented leaders; Public, private and personal leadership; Transactional and transformational leadership; The impact of leadership on the organization.

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