Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Psychosomatics. 2010 May-Jun;51(3):185-93. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.3.185.
Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry, informed by principles of psychosomatic medicine, is well-positioned to address the global impact of mental disorders through primary care C-L models.
OBJECTIVE/METHOD: The authors review the international burden of mental disorders, highlighting medical comorbidity, undertreatment, and the rationale for enhancing primary-care management.
C-L psychiatry fosters the skills required for global mental health work. The authors describe successful C-L models developed in a low-income country (Ethiopia) and an under-resourced region of a high-income country (Australia).
C-L psychiatrists have the potential to marshal their unique skill-set to reduce the global burden of mental disorders.
联络会诊精神病学以身心医学的原则为指导,通过初级保健联络会诊模式,能够很好地应对全球精神障碍的影响。
目的/方法:作者回顾了精神障碍的国际负担,重点介绍了合并症、治疗不足的情况,以及加强初级保健管理的理由。
联络会诊精神病学培养了进行全球精神卫生工作所需的技能。作者描述了在一个低收入国家(埃塞俄比亚)和一个高收入国家资源不足的地区(澳大利亚)成功开发的联络会诊模式。
联络会诊精神病学家有可能利用其独特的技能组合来减轻全球精神障碍负担。