European psychiatry: moving towards integration and harmony.

This paper summarizes political and social changes in Europe that directly affect the training of psychiatrists and the provision of mental health services. In Western Europe the demands of service users have led to a closer integration of social and health services, and a closer working and training of health professionals. The European psychiatrist of the future will be an internationalist, familiar with the impact of culture on mental disorders and able to work in a multi-professional team.