The public image of psychiatry could be better. Just three of the perceptions held by the community are that psychiatrists are loopy, that their treatments are ineffectual, and that the profession is too removed from mainstream medicine. Turning around such strong public opinion is no easy task, and possibly unachievable. Or so I thought until earlier this year.
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- Garry J Walter
- Thomas Walker Hospital (“Rivendell”), Concord West, NSW.
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