this review tried to describe the historical development of consultation-liaison (cl) psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine in the world and iran. it also aimed to present a classification of different models of patient care and service delivery in cl psychiatry. it finally provided some explanation about the status of psychosomatic medicine and cl psychiatry in germany as a different model in ...

background and aims: the most important risk factors threatening health of young people include improper diet, inactivity, smoking, intentional and accidental damages, drugs, aids/hiv and psychiatric disorders. considering increased risky behaviors among teens during 2 last decades, it was decided to evaluate the effects of education and consultation roles in relation to health risks on perform...

introduction: the rate of access to health care is known as the main index of community health. teleconsultation is defined as using comminuting equipments to connect physicians and patients. this study aimed to survey the readiness of specialized hospitals to implement teleconsultation, focusing on manpower readiness, as well as communicational equipments and procedures. methods: the present d...

BACKGROUND Generally, patients with serious mental disorders (SMD) are frequent users of services who generate high care-related costs. Current reforms aim to increase service integration and primary care for improved patient care and health-care efficiency. This article identifies and compares variables associated with the use by patients with SMD of services offered by psychiatrists, case man...

BACKGROUND School absenteeism, including medical absenteeism, is associated with early school dropout and may result in physical, mental, social and work-related problems in later life. Especially at intermediate vocational education schools, high rates of medical absenteeism are found. In 2012 the Dutch intervention 'Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students' (MASS), previously developed for p...

Factitious disorder as Munchausen syndrome is a time and money consuming condition that is presented with different signs and symptoms. In emergent situations, it is not a differential diagnosis with high priority, but when it becomes recurrent with atypical symptoms, factitious disorder and malingering should be considered as well. In this survey, we report an odd and interesting presentation ...

objective: consultation-liaison (cl) psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and other medical disciplines to promote integrated care of patients. the purpose of this study is evaluation of attitudes and practice of mazandaran university of medical sciences physicians of teaching hospitals regarding cl psychiatry. methods:in this descriptive study, all of the general practitioners, specialist ...

BACKGROUND Symptoms are common in primary care. Besides providing thorough assessment of possible severe disease, the general practitioner (GP) must ensure good health care to all patients, irrespective of diagnoses. We aimed to explore patient satisfaction with the provided care and how well expectations in patients were met when no diagnosis was made during the consultation. METHOD Cross-se...

BACKGROUND Primary care is the main source of health care in many health systems, including the UK National Health Service (NHS), but few objective data exist for the volume and nature of primary care activity. With rising concerns that NHS primary care workload has increased substantially, we aimed to assess the direct clinical workload of general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses in pri...