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. 2011 Jul;53(3):202-13.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.86805.

State of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in India: Current status and vision for future

Sandeep Grover  1
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State of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in India: Current status and vision for future

Sandeep Grover. Indian J Psychiatry. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Over the years Consultation-Liaison (C-L) psychiatry has contributed significantly to the growth of the psychiatry and has brought psychiatry very close to the advances in the medicine. It has also led to changes in the medical education and in the providing comprehensive management to the physically ill. In India, although the General Hospital Psychiatric units were established in 1930s, C-L Psychiatry has never been the main focus of training and research. Hence there is an urgent need to improve C-L Psychiatry services and training to provide best and optimal care to the patients and provide best education to the trainees.

Keywords: Consultation; India; liaison; psychosomatic.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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Figure 1
Number of Studies published in Indian Journal of Psychiatry from 1949 to 2010 on psychiatric aspects of various physical disorders
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