Providing a liaison psychiatry service in the absence of a consultant liaison psychiatrist
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An analysis of whether a working-age ward-based liaison psychiatry service requires the input of a liaison psychiatrist
Aims and method This article presents a 12-month case series to determine the fraction of ward referrals of adults of working age who needed a liaison psychiatrist in a busy tertiary referral teaching hospital. Results The service received 344 referrals resulting in 1259 face-to-face contacts. Depression accounted for the most face-to-face contacts. We deemed the involvement of a liaison psychi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.107.015925