Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury?

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dc.contributor.authorVythilingum, Bavi
dc.contributor.authorChiliza, Bonga
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-17T10:46:03Z
dc.date.available2017-03-17T10:46:03Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-01-07T09:22:33Z
dc.description.abstractConsultation liaison psychiatry (CLP) - also known as psychosomatic medicine - is the psychiatric subspecialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders/difficulties in complex medically ill patients. “Complex medically ill”1 are patients with active medical, neurological, obstetrical or surgical condition(s) or symptoms, who also meet one of the following criteria: • Patients with an acute or chronic medical, neurological, or surgical illness in which psychiatric morbidity is actively affecting their medical care and/or quality of life. Examples include acute or chronic psychiatric patients with HIV infection, organ transplantation, brittle diabetes, heart disease, renal failure, a terminal illness, cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury, COPD, high-risk pregnancy, among others. • Patients with a somatoform disorder or with psychological factors affecting a physical condition (“psychosomatic condition”) • Patients with a psychiatric disorder that is the direct consequence of a primary medical condition.
dc.identifier.apacitationVythilingum, B., & Chiliza, B. (2011). Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury?. <i>African Journal of Psychiatry</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24060en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVythilingum, Bavi, and Bonga Chiliza "Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury?." <i>African Journal of Psychiatry</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24060en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVythilingum, B., & Chiliza, B. (2011). Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa–essential service or unaffordable luxury?. African journal of psychiatry, 14(4), 257-257.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Vythilingum, Bavi AU - Chiliza, Bonga AB - Consultation liaison psychiatry (CLP) - also known as psychosomatic medicine - is the psychiatric subspecialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders/difficulties in complex medically ill patients. “Complex medically ill”1 are patients with active medical, neurological, obstetrical or surgical condition(s) or symptoms, who also meet one of the following criteria: • Patients with an acute or chronic medical, neurological, or surgical illness in which psychiatric morbidity is actively affecting their medical care and/or quality of life. Examples include acute or chronic psychiatric patients with HIV infection, organ transplantation, brittle diabetes, heart disease, renal failure, a terminal illness, cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury, COPD, high-risk pregnancy, among others. • Patients with a somatoform disorder or with psychological factors affecting a physical condition (“psychosomatic condition”) • Patients with a psychiatric disorder that is the direct consequence of a primary medical condition. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African Journal of Psychiatry LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury? TI - Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24060 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24060
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVythilingum B, Chiliza B. Consultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury?. African Journal of Psychiatry. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24060.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Healthen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceAfrican Journal of Psychiatry
dc.source.urihttps://www.omicsonline.com/open-access/african-journal-of-psychiatry.php
dc.titleConsultation liaison psychiatry in Africa - essential service or unaffordable luxury?
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