Abstract
Consultant posts in psychotherapy appeared separately in DHSS statistics for 1975 for the first time, having previously been included within the figures for Adult Mental Illness. In 1975, ten Consultant Psychotherapist posts (six whole-time equivalents) were recorded, and this figure increased steadily as more post holders declared themselves as specialist psychotherapists, after initial reluctance on the part of many to relinquish the title of Consultant Physician in Psychological Medicine or Consultant Psychiatrist, since the title of Psychotherapist did not assert medical status. By 1984 there were 91 Consultant Psychotherapist posts (61.2 whole-time equivalents), but there was no record of the number of Consultant Psychiatrist post holders with specified contractual Special Responsibility or Special Interest in psychotherapy. Such details are held only by Regional Health Authorities, and are not available for manpower statistics.
Highlights
Consultant posts in psychotherapy appeared separately in DHSS statistics for 1975for the first time, having previously been included within the figures for Adult Mental Illness
In 1975,ten Consultant Psychotherapist posts were recorded, and this figure increased stead ily as more post holders declared themselves as specialist psychotherapists, after initial reluctance on the part of many to relinquish the title of Consultant Physician in Psychological Medicine or Consultant Psychiatrist, since the title of Psychotherapist did not assert medical status
By 1984there were 91 Consultant Psychotherapist posts (61.2 whole-time equivalents), but there was no record of the number of Consultant Psychiatrist post holders with speci fiedcontractual Special Responsibility or Special Interest in psychotherapy
Summary
Consultant posts in psychotherapy appeared separately in DHSS statistics for 1975for the first time, having previously been included within the figures for Adult Mental Illness. By 1984there were 91 Consultant Psychotherapist posts (61.2 whole-time equivalents), but there was no record of the number of Consultant Psychiatrist post holders with speci fiedcontractual Special Responsibility or Special Interest in psychotherapy. Such details are held only by Regional Health Authorities, and are not available for manpower statistics. The information supplied, albeit incomplete, pro vides for the first time some detail about the availability of psychotherapeutic treatment throughout the country It confirms the interest in providing supervision and training for psychotherapy of many consultant psychiatrists who have no specialist designation
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