RT Book, Section A1 Chiles, Catherine A1 Wise, Thomas N. A2 Ebert, Michael H. A2 Leckman, James F. A2 Petrakis, Ismene L. SR Print(0) ID 1158265680 T1 Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 3e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071754422 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158265680 RD 2024/10/14 AB Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry is a centuries-old field of medical practice and research that bridges the biological, psychological, and social domains of psychiatric and medical illnesses. Since 2003, it has been recognized by the American Board of Medical Subspecialties as the psychiatric subspecialty Psychosomatic Medicine, based upon its historical nomenclature. The practice of Consultation Psychiatry usually occurs within general hospital settings. The standard consultation is performed at the request of the primary clinician and is a neutral collaboration with colleagues and patients in nonpsychiatric settings. Interview techniques in consultations may be open-ended for an individual patient's diagnostic evaluation or structured to screen for psychiatric disorders in a general population. Often a combination of both techniques is used. A central role of the consultation psychiatrist is to educate colleagues and patients about the psychiatric presentations or complications of medical illness and about illness behavior. Liaison Psychiatry expands the role of the psychiatrist to facilitate comprehensive treatment approaches within a system of care and to enhance communication among disciplines and across divisions in health care systems. The liaison psychiatrist is often a member of a multidisciplinary care team, performing psychiatric screenings, for example in organ transplant surgery or oncology, when the risks of psychiatric comorbidity are expected to be higher.