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. Contributions from international experts with clinical and non-clinical backgrounds pull together the theories and practical skills required to be a successful leader. The aim is to guide mental health professionals in general and psychiatrists in particular on how to gain the relevant skills and on how to utilise these skills and training to take on leadership roles in clinical and organisational settings. The book covers the role of the leader and the skills required for leadership, including chapters on communication, decision-making, team development, mentoring, gender issues in leadership, burnout and more. It includes a section on assessment tools and learning material. Essential reading for all those who aspire to lead 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. Contributions from international experts with clinical and non-clinical backgrounds pull together the theories and practical skills required to be a successful leader. The aim is to guide mental health professionals in general and psychiatrists in particular on how to gain the relevant skills and on how to utilise these skills and training to take on leadership roles in clinical and organisational settings.The book covers the role of the leader and the skills required for leadership, including chapters on communication, decision-making, team development, mentoring, gender issues in leadership, burnout and more. It includes a section on assessment tools and learning material. Essential reading for all those who aspire to lead in psychiatry!

List of Contributors viiiPreface xiPart A The Role of the Leader1 What is Leadership? 3Dinesh Bhugra, Susham Gupta and Pedro Ruiz2 What Makes a Leader? Skills and Competencies 13Juan J. López-Ibor, Blanca Reneses and María Inés López-Ibor3 Medical Professionalism, Leadership and Professional Judgement 34Dinesh Bhugra, Alex Till, Nicholas Deakin and Pedro Ruiz4 Leadership Theories and Approaches 49John P. Baker5 Clinical Leadership 63Ahmed Okasha6 Leadership and Clinician Engagement in Service Development 74Hugo de WaalPart B Skills Required for Leadership7 Communication 89Levent Küey8 Leadership and Decision-Making 99Dinesh Bhugra, Alex Till and Pedro Ruiz9 Team-Building in Psychiatry 107Wolfgang Gaebel, Andreas Kuchenbecker, Noemi Wulff and Jürgen Zielasek10 Coaching and Mentoring 126Rebecca Viney and Denise Harris11 Leadership and Factions 137Zoë K. Reed12 Leadership Outside the Clinical Team 147Juan J. López-Ibor, María Inés López-Ibor and Blanca Reneses13 Leadership in Academic Psychiatry 163Dilip V. Jeste and Maja Gawronska14 Taking People With You 179David M. Ndetei and Patrick Gatonga15 Leaders and Managers: A Case Study in Organizational Transformation - the Sheppard Pratt Experience, 1990-2011 189Robert Roca and Steven S. Sharfstein16 Burnout and Disillusionment 199Wulf Rössler17 Gender Issues Related to Medical Leadership with Particular Reference to Psychiatry 206Marianne Kastrup and Klement Dymi18 Leadership for Good versus Good Leadership in Mental Health 217Sidney H. Weissman and Kenneth G. Busch19 Acquiring Leadership Skills: Description of an International Programme for Early Career Psychiatrists 226Norman Sartorius20 Leadership, Ethics and Managing Diversity 233Julio Torales, Hugo Rodriguez and Dinesh BhugraPart c Learning Materials21 Assessment Tools 241Cindy L. Ehresman22 Learning Materials 253John P. Baker23 Conclusions 260Dinesh Bhugra, Susham Gupta and Pedro RuizIndex 263