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The present state of consultation and liaison psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Mayou ,
Helen Anderson ,
Charlotte Feinmann ,
Gail Hodgson  and
Peter L. Jenkins
Helen Anderson
Affiliation:
Dykebar Hospital, Paisley, Renfrewshire PA2 7DE
Charlotte Feinmann
Affiliation:
Eastman Dental Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LP
Gail Hodgson
Affiliation:
Gloucester House, Southmead General Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB
Peter L. Jenkins
Affiliation:
St Cadoc's/Royal Gwent Hospital, Caerleon, Newport, Gwent NP1 6XQ
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Although referral by general hospital doctors is a major pathway to specialist psychiatric care, and there is known to be much clinically unrecognised psychiatric morbidity among general hospital patients, consultation and liaison services have received much less emphasis than community care. A 1984 survey found that consultation liaison services were haphazard (Mayou & Lloyd, 1985). Despite recent evidence of increasing clinical and academic interest, few local strategic plans refer to consultation and liaison services; even when mentioned they are given a lower priority than community developments (Kingdon, 1989).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 321 - 325
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