Guthrie, EA orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-6616, McMeekin, AT, Khan, S et al. (3 more authors) (2017) An analysis of whether a working-age ward-based liaison psychiatry service requires the input of a liaison psychiatrist. BJPsych Bulletin, 41 (3). pp. 151-155. ISSN 2056-4708
Abstract
Aims and method: This article presents a 12-month case series to determine the fraction of ward referrals of adults of working age who needed a liaison psychiatrist in a busy tertiary referral teaching hospital.
Results: The service received 344 referrals resulting in 1259 face-to-face contacts. Depression accounted for the most face-to-face contacts. We deemed the involvement of a liaison psychiatrist necessary in 241 (70.1%) referrals, with medication management as the most common reason.
Clinical implications: A substantial amount of liaison ward work involves the treatment and management of severe and complex mental health problems. Our analysis suggests that in the majority of cases the input of a liaison psychiatrist is required.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017 The Authors. This is an openaccess article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2019 10:49 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2019 10:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1192/pb.bp.115.052837 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141160 |