Becoming a psychiatrist in Europe: the title is recognized across the European Union, but what are the differences in training, salary and working hours?

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
² Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Psychiatric Department, Psychiatric Clinic of Minsk City, Minsk, Belarus.
⁶ Evgenidion Therapeftirion, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁷ University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
⁹ Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust, London, UK

Franziska Baessler et al. World Psychiatry. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;14(3):372-3.

doi: 10.1002/wps.20259.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
² Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Psychiatric Department, Psychiatric Clinic of Minsk City, Minsk, Belarus.
⁶ Evgenidion Therapeftirion, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁷ University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
⁹ Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust, London, UK

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