Abstract
The results of a questionnaire sent to 495 internists indicated that they would be more likely to request psychiatric consultations for their patients if they had access to psychiatrists who had completed consultation-liaison (C-L) fellowships. The attitudes of those internists initially highly reluctant to obtain psychiatric consultation were significantly more enhanced on learning about the specially trained C-L psychiatrists than were the attitudes of less reluctant internists. Examination of various sources of reluctance suggests that many internists have low confidence in the value of psychiatric consultations. Only 31% of the internists polled were aware of C-L fellowships.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 18-20 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Psychosomatics |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health