Recent guidelines and evidence relating to the management of Bipolar Disorder have illustrated a change in evidence-base for treatment of the acute and maintenance phases of illness.
Recent evidence has questioned modern psychiatric clinical practice, specifically the prescribing of ’’atypical’’ antipsychotics (1–4). Our Pan-European Research Group asked
Psychiatry trainees for their own treatment preferences and factors influencing decision-making. We questioned if trainees own choices differed to those for patients, what their actual choices were, and what factors influenced decision-making.
Working conditions can have a dramatic impact on the training of psychiatrists. We write about the stark contrast between those in Russia and the UK.