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Review
. 2018 May-Jun;59(3):207-210.
doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2017.11.006. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry vs Psychosomatic Medicine: What's in a name?

Robert J Boland  1 , James Rundell  2 , Steven Epstein  3 , David Gitlin  4
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Review

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry vs Psychosomatic Medicine: What's in a name?

Robert J Boland et al. Psychosomatics. 2018 May-Jun.

Abstract

Background: In November of 2017, The Academy of the Psychosomatic Medicine voted to change its name to the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. It followed a similar change in which the American Board of Medical Specialties voted to change the name of the field to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

Objective: The authors, all instrumental in bringing about this change, discuss the history and rationale for this name change.

Keywords: Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine; Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Liaison psychiatry, Medical Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine.

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