Liaison

Liaison psychiatry is the sub-specialty which provides psychiatric treatment to patients attending general hospitals, whether they attend out-patient clinics, accident and emergency departments, or are admitted to in-patient wards - therefore it deals with interface between physical and psychological health.The Scottish Liaison Psychiatry Faculty Group is the Scottish Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry.

Contacts

Chair: Dr Prakash Shankar

Vice Chair: Dr Murray Smith

RCPsychiS office contact: Angela Currie

Upcoming events

19 April 2024 - RCPsych in Scotland Liaison and Neuropsychiatry Faculty Conference 2024

Previous events

7 June 2023 - RCPsych in Scotland Joint General Adult and Liaison Faculty Conference 2023 (Apex Waterloo, Edinburgh)

• Minutes of the RCPsychiS Liaison Faculty business meeting 2023

Resources

• Mental Welfare Commission Physical Healthcare for those who lack capacity guidance and responses 
• Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
• Liaison psychiatry services in Scotland, 2022: online survey of NHS health boards