BACKGROUND In the context of health care in Belgium, the psychological or psychiatric opinion of a multidisciplinary team is required in the assessment of bariatric surgery candidates. In clinical practice, a wide variety of liaison psychiatry assessment methods exist. SUBJECTS AND METHODS On the basis of a post-operative psychiatric comorbidity case report and a literature review on "liaison...

Received August 23, 2005; revised January 18, 2006; accepted January 27, 2006. From the Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Byatt, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655. e-mail: [email protected] Copyright 2006 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Psychosomatic...

Aims and method To develop a simple, pragmatic typology to characterise the nature of liaison interventions delivered by a liaison service in a National Health Service setting. We carried out a retrospective electronic case-note review of referrals to a ward-based liaison psychiatry service. Results Three hundred and forty-four patients were referred to the service over a 12-month period. Ten d...

Aims and method To describe the liaison psychiatry services of all 30 general hospitals in Greater London and to determine whether services met national recommendations. The results were compared with a similar survey conducted 8 years previously to determine whether there had been significant service development. Results We identified wide variations in service provision across London. Fifteen...

Background: Consultation-liaison psychiatry is a sub specialty of Psychiatry that involves the study, practice and teaching relation between medical psychiatric disorders. There relatively insufficient data studies profile consultation-liaison across developing nations. Aims:To study clinical sociodemographic patients presenting to care in tertiary hospital south Kashmir. Materials & Method...

Code Title Contact Info Description CLP-CE-01 Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders Inquiries: Dr. Woodside, (416) 340-4445 Supervisor(s): Drs. B. Woodside, P. Colton, K. Sutandar Place: Toronto General Hospital Time: Flexible No. of Residents: 2 This elective would provide exposure for residents to the assessment and management of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa and their fa...