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Family therapy experience in the training of general psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Formerly Senior House Officer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Pieter van Boxel
Affiliation:
Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Family and Young Persons Unit, Paxton House, 57 Bath Road, Reading RG3 2BA
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This paper describes the work of a family therapy team which includes a senior house officer, or registrar, and discusses how such experience is of value to the trainee in general adult psychiatry.

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Training matters
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1992

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