Quality of psychiatric care in the general hospital: referrer perceptions of an inpatient liaison psychiatry service

Referrer and service provider beliefs and attitudes towards rehabilitation in the home; factors related to utilisation of Early Supported Discharge

“…Research has previously illustrated that variations exist amongst inpatient team members' views about patient suitability for rehabilitation [29] and that health professionals from different disciplines working together in the same setting can have different expectations of the services they liaise with, and to which they refer their clients [30].…”

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the General Hospital: the Experience of UK, Italy, and Japan

“…Ultimately, it is hoped that early intervention and follow-up might reverse some 30,000 excess deaths estimated annually from undetected or unmanaged physical disorder in people with mental health conditions. Liaison services reduce the waiting time for a mental health assessment and treatment [34].…”

Parameters of Consultee Satisfaction With Inpatient Academic Psychiatric Consultation Services: A Multicenter Study

“…[2][3][4] Two studies took a wider perspective on the issue and suggested the satisfaction of the physicians who request consultation ("consultees") as a critical global indicator of C-L service effectiveness. 5,6 However, very few studies report on the use of consultee satisfaction as a measure of the quality of mental health services, and these publications are limited to the study of outpatient psychiatry C-L settings. [7][8][9] In a survey of all 53 American C-L psychiatry services with accredited fellowship training programs, we confirmed that consultee satisfaction has appeal as an important measure of C-L service performance.…”