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Issue 2 2021: Interactive Contents

Editorials

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Editor word: Issue 2 2021

In this issue of “The Nordic Psychiatrist” we will focus on different aspects of leadership. What are the characteristics of a good leader?

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

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Word from NPA: Issue 2 2021

This issue is about leadership. Different kinds and different aspects of it: leadership as a part of management, leadership as an...

Main theme: Leadership

Óttar Gudmundsson

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Bad manager

I have come across many different administrators in my long professional life. Two types come especially to mind when I think about...

Marianne Kastrup

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Leadership and women

In most Western countries women comprise more than half of medical students and medical graduates. But in most parts of the world male...

Julius Neverauskas

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Personality traits in leaders

There are still some discussions that leaders, and especially successful leaders have certain traits in their character that sometimes...

What is leadership in psychiatry according to young psychiatrists?

Jessica Gabin

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What is leadership in psychiatry according to young psychiatrists?

Young psychiatrists in Norway obtain exposure to train and experience handling leadership through the numerous rotations in different...

How to regain leadership of your own life?

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

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How to regain leadership of your own life?

Interview with Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Laurinaitis about inner guidance of our patients in the process of psychotherapy.

Ida Hageman

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Being a chief medical officer

Interview with Marianne Kastrup, MD, PhD, about the changing role of a medical leadership.

Siria Lemma

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Being a young leader in politics

Interview with Liban Sheikh, a 31-year-old Finnish politician and the chair of the Left Youth of Finland.

Leading yourself: finding my own career path

Laura Tenhunen

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Leading yourself: finding my own career path

As children, we all have been asked what we want to do when we grow up. People expect children to give one answer, name one dream job.

Hans-Peter Mofors

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About good leadership

Interview with Tobias Nordin, who was named the “Healthcare leader of the future” in 2014.

Kristina Norvainytė

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Leadership: the voice of young doctors

Leadership in any field should always start with self-leadership which encompasses self-awareness and self-management, constant drive for...

Ieva Everte

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Leadership in medicine

Leadership in medicine in my view is working in team, noticing where others need helping hand and reaching out; being creative and making...

Marianne Kastrup

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Ready for leadership

Interview with Ida Maria Ingeholm Klinkby, vice-chair of the Danish Association of Young Psychiatrists.

Leadership and professional skills courses

Marianne Kastrup

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Leadership and professional skills courses

Interview with Norman Sartorius about adequate training in leadership and professional skills for young psychiatrists.

Leadership and personality disorder: what do we know?

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

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Leadership and personality disorder: what do we know?

Rima Viliūnienė answers few questions by Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

Lars Lien

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Connecting with other cultures

The new president of the Norwegian Psychiatric Association has personal long-term experience as a doctor in quite different cultures than...

"Best to quit while someone still misses you"

Óttar Gudmundsson

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"Best to quit while someone still misses you"

Interview with the Páll Matthíasson, CEO of Landspítali National University Hospital.

Does good leadership prevent mobbing in the institution?

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

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Does good leadership prevent mobbing in the institution?

Interview with Jolita Vveinhardt, researcher of destructive interrelations among employees.

Best regards from the meeting of the Board of Nordic psychiatric associations!

More information coming soon!

Historical aspects

Per Vestergaard

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Mogens Schou, the lithium pioneer

Only a handful of Danish psychiatrists have achieved international fame and foremost among them is Mogens Schou (1918-2005), former...

Medical comments

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

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Psychiatric hospital in Covid times

Interview with Prof. Arūnas Germanavičius, director of Republican Vilnius psychiatric hospital (Lithuania).

Education

Transformation of psychiatric specialist training in Finland

Erkki Isometsä

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Transformation of psychiatric specialist training in Finland

Medical specialist training is undergoing a significant transformation in Finland, and this has and will have a profound impact in...

A week in psychiatry

Maris Taube

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A week in psychiatry: 7 Days of Maris Taube

This time our guest is Maris Taube, president of Latvian Psychiatric association. Should say, the week is filled with psychiatry.

A week in psychiatry: 7 Days of Maris Taube

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Martin Balslev Jorgensen

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Highlights from the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 76

The Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, formerly “Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift”, is an international journal that publishes excellent...

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The Nordic Psychiatrist is published twice a year by the Nordic Psychiatric Associations. The journal is distributed to all members of the national Nordic psychiatry associations. The journal is available to all readers online from June 2021.