Generalists/Specialists
To be able to help people with mental problems demands a broad level of competence.
A level of competence that makes it possible to see the individual and his/her problems in his/her context. The care workers in Psykiatrin Södra are therefore generalists. To be a generalist means that we have to know a great deal about most things. Our goal is to be able to meet our patients with respect and show consideration to each individual while taking into account his/her weaknesses and resources.
Recently the generalist direction within Psykiatrin Södra has been supplemented with an investment in particular areas; a form of subject specialisation. Staff within Psykiatrin Södra are to have access to the latest knowledge, the latest treatment methods to have been developed. Knowledge and methods that may concern a number of different problems. However, specialisation within Psykiatrin Södra is taking place within the framework of uninterrupted treatment work, with the local community as the point of departure. In this way the patients and their relatives avoid being forced to contact and establish relations with many different caregivers at many different and specialised units in more or less distant locations.
The subject specialists have a
responsibility to keep themselves updated concerning the latest
developments within their area with regard to both knowledge and
methods. They are to share their knowledge, with both fellow members of
staff at their own unit and the consumers, but also with the unit’s
management and other co-operating agencies.
They should make
suggestions with regard to training priorities, changes in routines
within the organisation, hold lectures both for staff and the public
and in other ways contribute to the development of the unit.
At present there are seven subject specialisations within Psykiatrin Södra: Geriatric Psychiatry / Care, Child and Youth Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Family and Network, Assault on Women / Sexual Assault, Psychosis, as well as Suicide Prevention.