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Mental health
Published in Liam J. Donaldson, Paul D. Rutter, Donaldsons' Essential Public Health, 2017
Liam J. Donaldson, Paul D. Rutter
Liaison psychiatry services have been developed to provide a bridge between general hospital services and mental health services. The teams providing liaison psychiatry (sometimes called liaison mental health services) are made up of a psychiatrist and other specialist mental health professionals. They are usually based in a teaching hospital, general hospital or a group of hospitals. Much of their work will be done in the emergency department and admission wards. They will assess patients, provide advice on diagnosis and treatment, evaluate risk, initiate treatments (such as cognitive behavioural therapy), make referrals to mental health services, organize community mental healthcare and generally promote awareness about mental disorders among health service staff dealing with physical illness.
The liaison psychiatric service
Published in Chambers Mary, Psychiatric and mental health nursing, 2017
Kate Chartres, Rikke Albert, Sarah Eales, Angela Warren
Mental health has historically been cast as the poor relation to general medicine in terms of service provision, particularly in the UK. Liaison psychiatry and the idea of treating body and mind together has existed at varying levels within acute hospitals the world over since the late 1990s, and perhaps earlier in some areas. Specialist liaison psychiatry services are accessible to medical staff so that they can request assessment and advice for clients for whom there is a clear clinical need for treatment and support in terms of their mental health. However, there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the mental health needs of patients within acute general hospitals have largely been unmet.
Behavioral Medicine in Medical Education: Report of a Survey
Published in Gary Rosenberg, Andrew Weissman, Behavioral Social Work in Health Care Settings, 2016
David W. Brook, Cynthia Gordon, Herbert Meadow, Mindy C. Cohen
Distinct Components: includes programs with blocks of teaching time for medical student teaching as well as graduate programs of various kinds, often for clinicians. There may be a multidisciplinary course on a topic such as cultural factors in health care. In addition, there may be clinical efforts as well, such as a smoking cessation program. Consultation Liaison Psychiatry is oflen involved in such a program, as are Clinical Psychology and Family Medicine. These components of such programs may be found in one or more clinical departments, but are not integrated into a single cohesive program.
Mental Health Care in Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospitals: A Biopsychosocial, Collaborative, and Agency-based Service Integration Approach
Published in Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2020
Shannon E. Scratch, Sara A. Stevens, Gillian King, Heidi Schwellnus, Nancy Searl, Amy C. McPherson
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry services bridge the gap between general medical and psychiatric care. These services are generally used in non-psychiatric settings and often include a multidisciplinary team (e.g. psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and administrative support).29 The goals of consultation-liaison services are to: (1) promote the safety and stability of the individual in the primary treatment environment; (2) collect sufficient medical history to assess the individual; (3) conduct examinations as necessary (e.g. neurological, physical, and mental); (4) differentiate between diagnoses which share similar signs and/or symptoms; and, (5) initiate an individualized and appropriate treatment plan.30 Consultation-liaison services are collaborative in nature, which allows for improvement in several outcomes such as identification and earlier intervention.31
Patterns of Practice and Attitudes to Referral for Mental Health Needs among Practitioners in Northern India
Published in Psychiatry, 2022
Over the past few decades, a new sub-specialty has emerged which works at the interface of psychiatry and other medical disciplines. It is known as consultation-liaison psychiatry, and it intends to deliver collaborative care for patients having medical illnesses with psychiatric co-morbidities Chen et al. (2016). Consultation-liaison service improves mental health care for up to three months; also improves client satisfaction and medication adherence Grover et al. (2014).
Personality disorder: a disease in disguise
Published in Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Given the impact of PDs on treatment outcomes in somatic and mental health care, a clinical pattern suggesting the existence of such a disorder should be identified in primary or somatic specialist care (84). Treatment is a concern for specialist psychiatry, however. A well-developed liaison psychiatry, a subspecialty of psychiatry, is particularly suitable.