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ArticleAustralasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists2024

Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry - barriers to involvement and solutions for success.

Megan Galbally, Beth Kotze, Caroline Bell, Carolyn Quadrio, Cherrie Galletly, Helen Herrman, Helen Milroy, Jackie Curtis, Jessica Green, Josephine Power and 16 more

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Article in Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Representation in Academic Psychiatry Chairs, 2012 to 2022.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Megan GalballyDepartment of Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia and Mental Health Program, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3909-1918
Beth KotzeWestern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Caroline BellDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Carolyn QuadrioDiscipline of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Cherrie GalletlyNorthern Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, SA, Australia and Adelaide Medical School Discipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Helen HerrmanOrygen, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Helen MilroyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Western Australia School of Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Jackie CurtisSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jessica GreenPeninsula Health, Frankston, VIC, Australia; Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Food and Mood Centre, Deakin University - Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1219-8910
Josephine PowerDepartment of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Judy HopeEastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Box Hill, VIC, Australia.
Katherine SevarMental Health Program, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Kimberlie DeanSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Matraville, NSW, Australia.
Korinne NorthwoodMetro North Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6268-547X
Lisa LampeSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5540-8810
Megan KalucyDepartment of Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Nicole KormanFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
Nicola LautenschlagerAcademic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Nicola WarrenDepartment of Medicine, University of Queensland Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Herston, QLD, Australia and Department of Mental Health, Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0805-1182
Phyllis ChuaDepartment of Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Rebecca AnglinSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Freemantle, WA, Australia.
Ruwanthi De Alwis SeneviratneDepartment of Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Samantha LoiDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia and Department of Neuropsychiatry Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Sara BurtonMetro North Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia and University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Shalini ArunogiriAddiction Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Shirlony MorganMetro South Hospital and Health Service, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWomen face considerable barriers in pursuing careers in academic psychiatry.

methodsA group of Australian and New Zealand academic women psychiatrists convened in September 2022 to identify and propose solutions to increase opportunities for women in academic psychiatry.

resultsLimiting factors were identified in pathways to academia including financial support, engagement and coordination between academia and clinical services, and flexible working conditions. Gender biases and the risk of burnout were additional and fundamental barriers. Potential solutions include offering advanced training certificates to enable trainees to commence a PhD and Fellowship contemporaneously; improved financial support; expanding opportunities for research involvement; establishing mentoring opportunities and communities of practice; and strategies to enhance safety at work and redress gender bias and imbalance in academia.

conclusionsSupport for women in research careers will decrease gender disparity in academic psychiatry and may decrease problematic gender bias in research. Fellows and trainees, the RANZCP, universities, research institutes, governments, industry and health services should collaborate to develop and implement policies supporting changes in working conditions and training. Facilitating the entry and retention of women to careers in academic psychiatry requires mentoring and development of a community of practice to provide and enable support, role modelling, and inspiration.

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Gender EquityPsychiatryAustraliaCareer ChoiceFaculty, MedicalFemaleHumansNew ZealandPhysicians, WomenSexismacademiaAustraliamentoringNew Zealandpsychiatrywomen

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PMCPMC11605975

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