posted on 2025-02-04, 17:02authored byHugo CritchleyHugo Critchley, DK Tracy, GS Malhi, L Alexander, DS Baldwin, J Cavanagh, SR Chamberlain, A Cipriani, S Farooq, A Hassiotis, O Howes, S Jauhar, SM Lawrie, E Lagunes-Cordoba, A Lingford-Hughes, JH MacCabe, I Memon, C Mulholland, M Sami, K Sayal, R Shankar, L Sinclair, O Sparasci, EFA Staufenberg, LE Stirland, PRA Stokes, CW Jones, PWR Woodruff, AH Young
This editorial considers the value and nature of academic psychiatry by asking what defines the specialty and psychiatrists as academics. We frame academic psychiatry as a way of thinking that benefits clinical services and discuss how to inspire the next generation of academics.