Liaison Psychiatry Flashcards

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What conditions are common in liaison psychiatry?

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Emergency assessments in ED for self harm, suicidal thinking, acute crisis in mental health

Acute care on the wards for delirium, depression, anxiety,, medically unexplained symptoms, chronic disease, perinatal care

Substance misuse

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What is Liaison Psychiatry?

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A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the assessment and management of psychiatric and psychological illnesses in the general medical population.

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What psychiatric disorder may arise from Hyperthyroidism?

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Anxiety disorder

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What psychiatric disorder may arise from Cushing’s disease?

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Depression

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What is a psychiatric side effect of steroids?

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Mania

Delirium

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What is psychiatric disorder may arise from Parkinson’s disease?

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Psychosis as a result of medication

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What psychiatric disorder may arise following amputation or cancer?

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Adjustment disorder

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Name 4 factors of physical illness that can influence the development of psychiatric illness

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Disability
Reduced self esteem
Hopelessness
Sick role
Dependency and restricted social circle
Financial problems
Drug side effects
Biological effects of physical illness: systemic or brain
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Name 5 common indications for liaison psychiatry

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Amongst the general medical population:

  • Deliberate self-harm or suicidal ideation
  • Issues of consent, capacity, or Sectioning
  • Advice in patients with psych Hx
  • Mood or anxiety symptoms
  • Confusion or cognitive impairment
  • Psychotic symptoms
  • Drug and alcohol problems
  • Eating disorders
  • Medically unexplained symptoms
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