Consultatio n- liaison Psychiatry Amalina Aminuddin 0820121000 67
Consultation- liaison PsychiatryAmalina Aminuddin 0820121000 67
What? Study, practice and teaching of the relation
between medical and psychiatric disorders
Role Consultant to medical colleagues Consults regarding patients in medical/surgical
settings and provide follow up psychiatric treatment
Common Problems Suicide attempt or threat Depression Agitation Hallucinations Sleep disorder Confusion Noncompliance or nonconsenting patient No organic basis for symptoms
Suicide attempt or threat
Depression
Agitation
Hallucinations
Sleep disorder
Confusion
Noncompliance /nonconsenting patient
No organic basis for symptoms
Special situations Intensive Care Units Haemodialysis Units Surgical Units Transplantation issues
References Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical
Psychiatry, 3rd edition, 2014