LIAISON PSYCHIATRIC NURSING: MODELS AND ROLES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING
2020
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, conicts 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.
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