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ArticleBJPsych open2026

Short-term spark or long-term flame? Sustaining academic psychiatric departments.

Richard A Laugharne, Derek K Tracy, Dinesh Bhugra, Rohit Shankar

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Article in BJPsych open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Richard A Laugharnehttps://ror.org/0517ad239Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Truro, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-343X
Derek K TracyInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3609-9407
Dinesh BhugraInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-2480
Rohit Shankarhttps://ror.org/0517ad239Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Truro, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-6933

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past two decades, the number of academic psychiatrists in the UK has declined by more than a third, despite an expansion in medical schools and growth in most other medical academic specialties. Drawing on direct experience of establishing a new academic unit, we argue that the long-term sustainability of academic psychiatry departments is critical for service quality, innovation and talent development. This paper outlines the structural, cultural and strategic factors needed to create academic units that endure and flourish beyond individual careers, enabling better integration of research and clinical practice.

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Evidence-based mental healthhistory of psychiatrypatients and service userspsychological medicineservice development

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PMID41725302
PMCPMC12946807

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