Liaison psychiatry in general practice

Liaison Psychiatry in General Hospitals

Rap id growth of general hospital psychiatr ic units all over the world has piovided impetus to consultation-liaison work ca r r ied out by the psychiatrists in the non-psychiatr ic depar tments of general hospitals . Liaison psychiatry has acquired the status of a subspeciality within psychiatry and its development has paral le led the shift of psychiatry from men ta l hospitals to general hos...

Psychiatry in General Practice

Cases coming to the general practitioner and falling under psychiatry belong to 4 categories : (1) Cases which the practitioner can treat himself, 50%. (2) Cases suffering from self limiting illness, 25%. They need supervision only. (3) Cases requiring expert advice and help, 10%. A specialist is necessary for their treatment. (4) Cases which are chronic and unteratable by any known method, 15%.

Psychiatry in general practice.

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Psychiatry in general practice.

Psychiatry in General Practice

The influence of the mind on the body has been recognised since the days of Plato and Hippocrates, and it would appear that there is now a natural desire to revive this knowledge in an effort to restore to medical practice the balance that has been lost by the ever-increasing demands of specialisation. It has been found difficult to express the influence of the mind on the body in scientific te...