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6. Liaison psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elspeth Guthrie ,
Dawn Black  and
Francis Creed
Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 0EW
Dawn Black
Affiliation:
Hope Hospital, Eccles New Road, Salford 6, Lancashire
Francis Creed
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
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This speciality is predominantly concerned with the psychiatry of patients in the general hospital setting. It involves the psychiatric management of patients who present with physical symptoms, and the treatment of psychiatric illness in physically ill patients. In addition, it also includes the management of patients who deliberately self-harm.

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Careers in Psychiatric Specialities
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , April 1991 , pp. 218 - 219
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Further reading

Anderson, H. M. (1989) Liaison psychiatry in Scotland: the present service. Psychiatric Bulletin, 13, 606–608.Google Scholar
Mayou, R. & Lloyd, G. (1985) A survey of liaison psychiatry in the United Kingdom and Eire. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 9, 214–217.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mayou, R., Anderson, H., Feinmann, C., Hodgson, G. & Jenkins, P. L. (1990) The present state of consultation and liaison psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin, 14, 321–325.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sensky, T., Greer, S., Cundy, T. & Pettingale, K. (1985) Referrals to psychiatrists in a general hospital – comparison of two methods of liaison psychiatry: preliminary communication. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 78, 463–468.Google Scholar
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