Person-Centered Psychiatric Education

Person-centered psychiatric care requires person-centered psychiatric education (PCPE), as one is undeniably the mirror of the other. In parallel to the person-centered care it promotes, PCPE holds the person as the core substance of the learning process. PCPE aims for the learner to develop the knowledge and skills required for person-centered psychiatric care. The distinctive feature of PCPE, however, is its focus on the development of the attitudes necessary for such an approach to care. The present chapter describes some key elements and strategies of PCPE for medical students, psychiatrist trainees, and trained psychiatrists. In every case, PCPE is presented as an interactional process, dialogical in nature, and transformative in essence.