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Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 21-22/2015

01.11.2015 | original research

Psychiatric liaison consultations of patients without psychiatric illness in a general hospital in Germany: a retrospective analysis

verfasst von: Maria Fißler, MSc, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Arnim Quante, MD

Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 21-22/2015

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Summary

The aim of the study was to explore the utilization of consultation-liaison psychiatric (CLP) service among nonpsychiatric patients in a general hospital. A retrospective analysis was conducted on all patients seen by the CLP in 2013. In 66 (5.9 %) of these 1112 consultations, no psychiatric diagnosis could be identified. These cases were analyzed by department of referral, assumed psychiatric symptoms, consensus with the symptoms found by the CLP, and recommended procedures. Assumed depressive symptoms, suicidal ideations and “difficult” behavior were the predominant reasons for CLP referrals. As the results suggest, CLP service was mostly “overprovided” because of uncertainty about the working areas of psychiatrists or overestimation of the severity of symptoms. These findings emphasize the importance to develop more precise guidelines for CLP services and that it could be worth striving for a more profound psychiatric training for nonpsychiatric physicians to achieve an optimal treatment for patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
Psychiatric liaison consultations of patients without psychiatric illness in a general hospital in Germany: a retrospective analysis
verfasst von
Maria Fißler, MSc
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Arnim Quante, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2015
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 21-22/2015
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-015-0384-3

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