Abstract

The 1994 Trainees' Forum was held on the first day of the Winter Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was well attended by psychiatrists of all grades. The speakers were Dr David Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Learning Disabilities in Nottingham, Dr Chris Freeman, Consultant Psychotherapist in Edinburgh, Professor Anthony Clare from Dublin, Vice President of the College, and Dr Dinesh Bhugra from London who is secretary of the General Psychiatry section of the College.

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  • The 1994 Trainees' Forum was held on the first day of the Winter Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was well attended by psychiatrists of all grades

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  • Dr Freeman felt that general psychiatry is moribund and we need to resurrect it

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The 1994 Trainees' Forum was held on the first day of the Winter Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was well attended by psychiatrists of all grades. Dinesh Bhugra from London who Is secretary of the General Psychiatry section of the College. Dr Freeman felt that general psychiatry is moribund and we need to resurrect it. General psychiatrists are too soft on their specialist colleagues, picking up patients that the specialists do not wish to treat.

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