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Liaison psychiatry in old age practice

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

Sabina T Fahy  and
Brian A Lawlor
Sabina T Fahy
Affiliation:
St. Camillus’ Hospital, Limerick, Ireland.
Brian A Lawlor
Affiliation:
St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Extract

Liaison psychiatry, a term that is sometimes used interchangeably with consultation-liaison psychiatry, refers to the interface between psychiatry and general hospital patients and specialists. It involves psychiatrists’ intervention in the care of medically ill patients who present with psychiatric symptoms whilst in a general hospital setting. It may also involve assessment of patients who have pre-existing psychiatric illness or those who develop psychiatric symptoms because of their medical or surgical illness (e.g. coping with bad news).

Type
Neuropsychiatry of old age
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 52 - 61
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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