Psychiatry Trainees’ Perspectives on Psychotherapy Training in Residencies Worldwide
R. M. Salgado, O. von Doellinger

TL;DR
This paper explores how psychiatry trainees worldwide view psychotherapy training in their residency programs and highlights concerns about its quality and impact on their interest.
Contribution
The study provides a global overview of psychiatry trainees' perspectives on psychotherapy training and identifies factors that influence their engagement and competence.
Findings
Psychiatry trainees value psychotherapy training but often feel dissatisfied with the quality and resources available.
Residents tend to lose interest in psychotherapy during residency due to poor curricula and lack of support.
Improvements in training and leadership support are needed to maintain trainees' interest in psychotherapy.
Abstract
Incorporating psychotherapy into the curricula of psychiatry residency programs has been proven difficult, even in countries where psychotherapy training is a requirement for psychiatry residents to become psychiatrists. There is a risk that future psychiatrists lacking psychotherapy skills will be restricted in managing the wide scope of disorders and personalities they will face in clinical practice. It is important to assess what psychiatry trainees around the globe have to say about psychotherapy training as part of their residency curricula. The primary purpose of the article was to assess psychiatry trainees’ perspectives on psychotherapy training in residency programs worldwide. The authors performed a narrative review, resulting 19 original research studies, published between 2001 and 2021, evaluating psychiatry residents’ perspectives by the application of a questionnaire.…
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TopicsMental Health Treatment and Access · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Counseling Practices and Supervision
