Royal College of Psychiatrists

‘Life changer as a general adult psychiatrist’: delivering a National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists

Summary Autistic people are at high risk of mental health problems, yet psychiatrists report limited training and confidence with respect to autism. The National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists aimed to improve recognition and earlier diagnosis of autism and to promot...

AI and the clinical blind spot: why psychiatry should be part of the conversation about artificial intelligence and human behaviour

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems that model human behaviour are built on data humans generate about themselves, yet the assumption that this data is reliable remains largely unexamined. Psychiatry's evidence base directly challenges it. Self-report is shaped by cognitive dist...