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Supporting your professional development

We provide a wide range of support for College members, from the first moment they join the College to after they retire.

StartWell – for new consultants
StartWell and StayWell for SAS psychiatrists
Revalidation
Leadership and management
Writing clinic letters
Assessing and managing risk of causing harm to others
Working less than full time

Specialty doctors
View our information, resources and support for Specialty doctors.
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One of the College's biggest priorities is to provide an excellent member experience. Sonia Walter | Chief Executive of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Psychiatrists' Support Service

The Psychiatrists' Support Service is a free, confidential support and advice service for psychiatrists at all stages of their career who find themselves in difficulty or in need of support.

Speaking to someone
Written help
Signposting other organisations who provide support

Choose Psychiatry

Medical students

Foundation doctors

Help us promote psychiatry

Exams

Curricula and guidance

Your training

Dean's Quarterly Updates

Neuroscience in training project

Building Capacity in Perinatal Psychiatry

Membership

Workforce Wellbeing Hub

Supporting your professional development

Your faculties

Specialty and Specialist Doctors

Devolved Nations

English Divisions

Special Interest Groups

RCPsych Insight magazine

President's lectures

Obituaries

Mindmasters quiz

RCPsych ceremonies

Conferences and training events

International Congress 2025

In-house training

Claiming expenses

College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI)

Campaigning for better mental health policy

Planning the psychiatric workforce

Public Mental Health Implementation Centre

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)

Act Against Racism

Sustainability and mental health

Net Zero Mental Health Care Guidance and Education

Physician Associate Review

Mental illnesses and mental health problems

Support, care and treatment

Young people's mental health

Translations of our mental health information

Order mental health leaflets and resources

Specialty doctors

Psychiatrists' Support Service