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Equality in a child and adolescent psychiatry multidisciplinary team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2021

John Mathai
John Mathai*
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The Institute of Family Psychiatry, 23 Henley Road, Ipswich IP1 3TF, Suffolk
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The multidisciplinary team and its functioning have been much debated. Such teams have been encouraged as a basis for good clinical practice. However, exactly how these teams should function has gone through various phases. With the advent of family therapy, some teams have experienced a process of crisis and the dismantling of more traditional ways of working. This has brought about a lot of disillusionment within teams and also a challenge to medical authority in the team. Unfortunately, it seems that family therapy as a treatment approach has been confused with the organisation of a multidisciplinary team. Considerable stress has been produced in the process as each professional has vied for a position and role in the team.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 33
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Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Specialist Section (1986) The role, responsibilities and work of the child and adolescent psychiatrist. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 10, 202–206.Google Scholar
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