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The training of psychiatrists for the developing world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jessie Mbwambo
Affiliation:
Alcohol Treatment Unit, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
Louis Appleby
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
Richard Gater
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
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How relevant is the training which postgraduate psychiatrists from the developing world receive in the West? Are the investigations, treatment, and clinical practices taught in the UK transferable across widely disparate cultures? Should trainees be taught basic psychiatry or only sub-specialities? Should they come at all?

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Training matters
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