TY - JOUR
T1 - What, why, and how of consultation-liaison psychiatry
T2 - An analysis of the consultation process in the 1990s at five urban teaching hospitals
AU - Ramchandani, Dilip
AU - Lamdan, Ruth M.
AU - O'Dowd, Mary Alice
AU - Boland, Robert
AU - Hails, Kevin
AU - Ball, Susan
AU - Schindler, Barbara A.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - There is controversy about the role and function of a consultation- liaison (C-L) psychiatrist, as reflected in the ongoing debate about what to call ourselves. To clarify the essential elements of our function, the authors analyzed the process and content of the entire consultation experience from the time of initial consultation to the time of discharge in 50 patients across 5 urban teaching hospitals. The common components of the C-L process, in this pilot study, were identified to be facilitative, consensus-seeking, and interpretative. Implications of these findings for the C-L psychiatrist's role in the general hospital are discussed.
AB - There is controversy about the role and function of a consultation- liaison (C-L) psychiatrist, as reflected in the ongoing debate about what to call ourselves. To clarify the essential elements of our function, the authors analyzed the process and content of the entire consultation experience from the time of initial consultation to the time of discharge in 50 patients across 5 urban teaching hospitals. The common components of the C-L process, in this pilot study, were identified to be facilitative, consensus-seeking, and interpretative. Implications of these findings for the C-L psychiatrist's role in the general hospital are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71442-7
DO - 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71442-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 9217405
AN - SCOPUS:0030926694
SN - 0033-3182
VL - 38
SP - 349
EP - 355
JO - Psychosomatics
JF - Psychosomatics
IS - 4
ER -
