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. 2022 Dec;39(4):414-422.
doi: 10.1017/ipm.2020.104. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Lockdown logistics in consultation-liaison psychiatry

H Barry  1 , A M Doherty  2 , M Clancy  3 , S Moore  4 , S MacHale  1
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Lockdown logistics in consultation-liaison psychiatry

H Barry et al. Ir J Psychol Med. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

We describe the adaptation of services to allow flexible and practical responses to the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) public health crisis by four Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (CLP) services; Galway University Hospital (GUH), Beaumont Hospital, University Hospital Waterford and St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) CLP services. This article also illustrates close collaboration with community adult mental health services and Emergency Department (ED) colleagues to implement effective community diversion pathways and develop safe, effective patient assessment pathways within the EDs. It highlights the high levels of activity within each of the CLP services, while also signposting that many of the rapidly implemented changes to our practice may herald improvements to mental health patient care delivery in the post-COVID-19 world, if our psychiatry services receive appropriate resources.

Keywords: COVID-19; liaison psychiatry; psychiatry.

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GUH assessment pathways for the duration of COVID-19.
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Beaumont Hospital non-COVID-19 ED patient algorithm.
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Beaumont Hospital COVID-19 ED patient assessment algorithm.
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SVUH algorithm for patients requiring medical admission or already medically admitted.
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SVUH algorithm for patients that do not require medical admission.
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