Are we training our psychiatrists adequately as public mental health practitioners?

Patient access to care- a need for mental health leadership, and a role for industry

“…A recent editorial by Parker, Allen and Lund called for consideration of a public mental health component in specialist training, with a specific emphasis on reducing the "mental health treatment gap". 9 Such sentiment accords with a mental health leadership initiative, which serves as the basis for this editorial. If deemed of benefit it would then serve as a basis for roll out to a wider specialist and specialist trainee group at a national (South Africa) level, and beyond -but potentially without further industry support as educational institutions and/or professional bodies incorporate such capacity building into teaching programmes.…”