Department of Psychiatry, G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S386-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.69274.
Liaison in Psychiatry refers to the branch of Psychiatry involving assessment and treatment in the general hospital of referred patients, like in the casualty, or patients of deliberate self farm. The Indian scene also reveals major reference from medicine, surgery, surgical super specialty and orthopedics with psychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression and / or organic brain syndromes seen in about 40 to 50 % of the medical or surgical patients. Though the Indian published data is limited, most tertiary hospitals in India carry out liaison work with various departments like Neurology, Organ transplant, Intensive Care Units and Cosmetic Surgery, so as to give comprehensive health services to patients. Liaison in Psychiatry has thus brought the emphasis on the teaching of psycho-social aspects of medicine and also increased research possibilities.
联络精神病学是精神病学的一个分支，涉及到对综合医院转诊患者的评估和治疗，如在急诊室或故意自残患者。印度的情况也显示出主要来自医学、外科、外科专业和骨科的转诊，这些患者伴有焦虑、抑郁和/或器质性脑综合征等精神障碍，约占医学或外科患者的 40%至 50%。尽管印度的已发表数据有限，但印度的大多数三级医院都与神经科、器官移植、重症监护室和整容外科等各个科室开展联络工作，以便为患者提供全面的医疗服务。因此，联络精神病学强调了医学心理社会方面的教学，也增加了研究的可能性。
