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: Stephen Potts

RCPsychiS office contact: Angela Currie

Resources

• Mental Welfare Commission Physical Healthcare for those who lack capacity guidance and responses (PDF)
• Academy of Psychomatic Medicine