Future trends

Johan Cullberg is optimistic about the future. He believes that psychologists and biomedical specialists will have an increased cooperation and dialogue, and he can see large advantages in increased cooperation between different medical specialties. In Cullberg«s opinion, interdisciplinary science is the key to success. The understanding of psychosis and schizophrenia can not be obtained from a "one-issue-model". Complex questions require cooperation over the boundaries to provide a satisfactory answer, says Cullberg.

Educating the psychiatrists of tomorrow
Cullberg has hope and faith in the young medical and nursing students and those in the beginning of their professional life. He considers increased cooperation between different staff categories necessary. The dominance of the physicians must be diminished, and more staff categories have to be involved in the design and implement of the care.
- Many persons in the academic psychiatry are stuck in a narrow-minded and conventional medical thinking. We have to put in a lot of effort to educate the physicians and psychiatrists of tomorrow and to give them the potential to work in their own way. It is also necessary to create alternative carrier paths. A good doctor should be able to develop his role as a doctor, and not be forced to choose administration as the only way to change the content of his work.

Danish conference on psychosis
In the close future Cullberg plans to take part in a Danish conference. The aim of the conference is to discuss psychosis, and Cullberg«s latest book will be used as a reference.