Spirituality and Psychiatry Prize: Spirituality and
Psychiatry Special Interest Group
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The Spirituality and Psychiatry
Special Interest Group (SPSIG) has established a prize to be
awarded to the best entry, or shared between joint best entries,
for submissions comprising an original study, research report,
review, or essay, on spirituality and psychiatry by a single
author.
The prize has been
established to harness and promote interest in spirituality and
psychiatry, and to motivate psychiatrists to build up evidence in
this area as it relates to patients and practice.
Prize:
£250
Frequency: Annually
Eligible: All Members and Affiliates of the
College and all medical students
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Regulations
I. Entries will be
evaluated according to the following criteria:
- The extent to which the essay furthers an understanding of
spirituality in relation to psychiatry
- Awareness of the literature on spirituality and psychiatry
- Relevance to psychiatric practice and patient care
- Originality
- Critical reflective quality
Submissions that focus particularly
on one area should nevertheless have at least some merit under all
headings.
II. Entries will be no longer than 5000
words and should be submitted electronically where possible, in
Word (double spaced).
III. Short listing will be the
responsibility of the Executive Committee or a panel appointed by
them from within the Executive, which will include a senior
academic. The Executive Committee reserves the right not to award
the prize in any given year if the quality or relevance of the
entries is deemed not to be of sufficient merit.
IV. The
winning entry/entries, and all authors of shortlisted submissions,
will be notified by 31 March. Shortlisted papers will be eligible
for publication on the Spirituality Special Interest Group
website.
Closing
date: 31 December each year
Submissions
to: Honorary Secretary of the Spirituality and Psychiatry
Special Interest Group c/o Sue Duncan 0207 235 2351
Ext 130
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