Liaison psychiatry, also known as consultative psychiatry or consultation-liaison psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in the interface between medicine and psychiatry, usually taking place in a hospital or medical setting. Liaison psychiatry has areas of overlap with other distinct disciplines including psychosomatic medicine, health psychology and neuropsychiatry. The role of the consultation-liaison psychiatrist is to see patients currently admitted as general medical inpatients at the request of the treating medical or surgical consultant or team. This is known as a 'consult' and constitutes the consultation facet of the role.
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