LIAISON PSYCHIATRIC NURSING: MODELS AND ROLES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING

INTRODUCTION: Liaison psychiatry is the branch of mental health that specializes in the interface between different medical specialties and mental health team, usually taking place in a hospital or medical setting. It also known as consultative psychiatry or consultation-liaison psychiatry (also, psychosomatic medicine). Consults means when the primary care team has questions about a patient's mental health, or how that patient's mental health is affecting his or her care and treatment. The Mental Health team works as a "liaison" between the medical team and the patient. Issues that happen include ability to consent to treatment, conicts with the primary care team, and the intersection of problems in both physical and mental health, as well as client who may report physical symptoms as a result of a psychological disorder.