Psychiatry is that branch of the medical profession, which deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and management of mental disorders or mental illness, emotional and behavioural disturbances. Thus, a psychiatrist is a trained doctor who has received further training in the field of diagnosing and managing mental illnesses, mental disorders and emotional and behavioural disturbances. This EPA Guidance document was developed following consultation and literature searches as well as grey literature and was approved by the EPA Guidance Committee. The role and responsibilities of the psychiatrist include planning and delivering high quality services within the resources available and to advocate for the patients and the services. The European Psychiatric Association seeks to rise to the challenge of articulating these roles and responsibilities. This EPA Guidance is directed towards psychiatrists and the medical profession as a whole, towards other members of the multidisciplinary teams as well as to employers and other stakeholders such as policy makers and patients and their families.

Anton Proksch Institute Vienna Austria

Centar za Mentalino Zdravlje Prijedor Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Foggia Foggia Italy

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Medical Faculty Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany

Department of Psychiatry University of Naples Naples Italy

Department of Psychiatry Zagreb University Hospital Centre Zagreb Croatia

FY2 Trainee University of Leicester Leicester UK

Hellesdon Hospital Norwich UK

Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience King's College London London UK

Kinder en Jeugdpsychiater Mechelen 9100 Sint NIklaas Belgium

Prague Psychiatric Centre Prague Czech Republic

St Ann's Hospital London UK

University of Munich Munich Germany

University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland

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