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  • 6 - The role of the nurse in liaison psychiatry

  • from Part I - Basic skills
  • Edited by Geoffrey Lloyd, Priory Hospital, London, Elspeth Guthrie, University of Manchester
  • Book:
    Handbook of Liaison Psychiatry
    Published online:
    10 December 2009
    Print publication:
    24 May 2007, pp 102-122

  • Summary

    This chapter outlines the development of mental health liaison nursing (MHLN). The role of the nurse within liaison psychiatry developed significantly throughout the 1990s, with many health service trusts employing mental health nurses to practise within the general hospital. Within the general hospital, MHLNs practise in a wide variety of settings focusing on a number of different clinical specialities. The overall aim is to make the skills of the mental health nurse available to patients who may be suffering from a variety of physical illnesses and somatic complaints. Through direct liaison activity and indirect consultation work, MHLNs can have a positive effect on the health and well-being of specific groups of patients, as well as enabling general hospital practitioners to focus on psychological issues, and allowing them to make mental health care a routine part of their practice.