Children with mental handicap and other developmental disorders are normally cared for by their families. This represents an important shift from the previous practice when psychiatrists in large hospitals for the mentally handicapped provided total care and organised medical support. The medical and educational needs of such children are now met by resources in the community. This has often me...

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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting the timing of psychiatric consultations and the impact of timing on length of hospital stay. It also assessed the relationships between the timing of consultations and some clinical factors. METHODS 264 adult patients consecutively referred to the psychiatric C-L service at King Khaled University Hospital in Riyadh were ...

The consultation/liaison service provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the skills and knowledge base of psychiatrists. Clinical issues that arise at the interface of psychiatry, medicine, and surgery can prove challenging and often require a multimodal approach that involves pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. This article summarizes 5 cases from consultation services ...

The Monash Interview for Liaison Psychiatry (MILP) is a structured interview designed for use with patients who have physical and psychiatric comorbidity. Linked to a computerized diagnostic algorithm, the MILP is able to establish diagnoses according to DSM-III-R, International Classification of Diseases--10th Edition (ICD-10), and DSM-IV criteria, as well as a range of other criteria relevant...

Background: Consultation-liaison psychiatry is a sub specialty of Psychiatry that involves the study, practice and teaching relation between medical psychiatric disorders. There relatively insufficient data studies profile consultation-liaison across developing nations. Aims:To study clinical sociodemographic patients presenting to care in tertiary hospital south Kashmir. Materials & Method...

Aims and method This paper describes the process of setting up and the early results from a new liaison psychiatry service in primary care for people identified as frequent general practice attenders with long-term conditions or medically unexplained symptoms. Using a rapid evidence synthesis, we identified existing service models, mechanisms to identify and refer patients, and outcomes for the...

British Journal of General Practice, November 2009 management are prescription of medication and referral for psychological therapy. Having trained in the 1980s we were taught our main strength in managing psychological distress was being there to listen. It was considered a core tool and skill. There is considerable debate about the value of both medication and talking therapy in mild or moder...

The important neuropsychiatric disorder delirium is the most single important disorder in onsultation liaison psychiatry. There is a dearth of study in delirium. The purpose of this study was to find out the demographic profile, reason for referral, and subtypes of delirium. Thirty two consecutive cases of delirium diagnosed by psychiatrist in consultation liaison psychiatry were enrolled in th...