Review article
Liaison psychiatry in the ambulatory conditions – six years experience in Rijeka
Elizabeta Dadić-Hero
orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-5205
; Dom zdravlja Primorsko-goranske županije, Hrvatska
Klementina Ružić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-5102
; Clinics of psychiatrics, Clinical hospital centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Paola Medved
; Department of psychology, Faculty of phylosophy, Unviersity of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Draško Tomljanović
; Private psychiatric practice
Tija Žarković-Palijan
; Private hospital "Ivan Barbot", popovača, Croatia
Abstract
Lives of many people living in the modern world of today are marked by a large number of factors which cause a lot of frustrati on. Stress to which we’re exposed to facilitates the emergence of psychosomati c illnesses whose incidence is evidently growing. This
increase is demanding a greater number of psychiatric interventi ons, relati ng to an increase of the need for a consultati ve (liaison) psychiatry. This trend is also observed and evident in
our urban environment. Liaison psychiatry explores and analyzes the psychic or emoti onal responses of the individual to the adaptati on, implicati on and consequences of a somati c illness. An interdisciplinary model of treatment enables the psychiatrist to be involved in the treatment of the primarily physical illnesses. This way of treatment facilitates a faster remission achievement, confi rming
the need for an inseparable perspecti ve of the body and mind, which needs to be viewed as a whole. In this arti cle we describe the experience of cooperati on between primary care physicians and psychiatrists in specialist ambulate within primary care that is organized in the PGŽ Rijeka.
Keywords
liaison psychiatry; psychopharmacotherapy; support
Hrčak ID:
53163
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Publication date:
7.6.2010.
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