{"title":"Women in psychiatry and women's mental health","authors":"Beena Rajkumar, R. Reed","doi":"10.1002/pnp.722","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Women are increasingly well represented in psychiatry as a profession, but data show us that it is not a level playing field. Written by the Chairs of the Women and Mental Health Special Interest Group (WMHSIG) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this article explores the work of the group in raising the profile of women's mental health issues and advancing future opportunities for leadership visibility in the profession of psychiatry.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.722","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Women are increasingly well represented in psychiatry as a profession, but data show us that it is not a level playing field. Written by the Chairs of the Women and Mental Health Special Interest Group (WMHSIG) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this article explores the work of the group in raising the profile of women's mental health issues and advancing future opportunities for leadership visibility in the profession of psychiatry.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.