Academic psychiatry is everyone's business.
Critchley HD., Tracy DK., Malhi GS., Alexander L., Baldwin DS., Cavanagh J., Chamberlain SR., Cipriani A., Farooq S., Hassiotis A., Howes O., Jauhar S., Lawrie SM., Lagunes-Cordoba E., Lingford-Hughes A., MacCabe JH., Memon I., Mulholland C., Sami M., Sayal K., Shankar R., Sinclair L., Sparasci O., Staufenberg EFA., Stirland LE., Stokes PRA., Jones CW., Woodruff PWR., Young AH.
This editorial considers the value and nature of academic psychiatry by asking what defines the specialty and psychiatrists as academics. We frame academic psychiatry as a way of thinking that benefits clinical services and discuss how to inspire the next generation of academics.