TY - JOUR
T1 - Consultation-liaison psychiatry in Australia
AU - Smith, Graeme Crawford
AU - Clarke, David Murray
AU - Herrman, Helen Edith
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry as a service entity has developed slowly and to a variable extent in Australia despite the presence of factors conducive to its development. These include a compulsory national health insurance system and a favorable disposition to the biopsychosocial model and to psychoanalytic ideas. C-L psychiatry, however, does enjoy a high profile in many undergraduate medical and postgraduate psychiatry teaching programs. Research on C-L psychiatry is emerging, complementing a strong history of research in psychosomatic medicine. An Australian and New Zealand C-L psychiatry interest group is being formed. Collaboration with the MICRO-CARES Consortium and the European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup is proving to be a great stimulus.
AB - Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry as a service entity has developed slowly and to a variable extent in Australia despite the presence of factors conducive to its development. These include a compulsory national health insurance system and a favorable disposition to the biopsychosocial model and to psychoanalytic ideas. C-L psychiatry, however, does enjoy a high profile in many undergraduate medical and postgraduate psychiatry teaching programs. Research on C-L psychiatry is emerging, complementing a strong history of research in psychosomatic medicine. An Australian and New Zealand C-L psychiatry interest group is being formed. Collaboration with the MICRO-CARES Consortium and the European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup is proving to be a great stimulus.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(93)90108-Z
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(93)90108-Z
M3 - Article
C2 - 8472939
AN - SCOPUS:0027419470
VL - 15
SP - 121
EP - 124
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
SN - 0163-8343
IS - 2
ER -
