The reported findings of the European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup (ECLW) Collaborative Study describe consultation-liaison service delivery by 56 services from 11 European countries aggregated on a C-L service level. During the period of 1 year (1991), the participants applied a standardized, reliability tested method of patient data collection, and data were collected describing pertinent characteristics of the hospital, the C-L service, and the participating consultants. The consultation rate of 1% (median; 1.4% mean) underscores the discrepancy between epidemiology and the services delivered. The core function of C-L services in general hospitals is a quick, comprehensive emergency psychiatric function. Reasons to see patients were the following. deliberate self-harm (17%), substance abuse (7.2%), current psychiatric symptoms (38.6%), and unexplained physical complaints (18.6%) (all means). A significant number of patients are old and seriously ill. Mood disorders and organic mental disorders are most predominant (17.7%). Somatoform and dissociative disorders together constitute 7.5%. C-L services in European countries are mainly emergency psychiatric services and perform an important bridge function between primary, general health, and mental health care.

Consultation-Liaison psychiatric service delivery: results from a European study / F. J., Huyse; T., Herzog; A., Lobo; U. F., Malt; B. C., Opmeer; B., Stein; P. d., Jonge; R. v., Dijck; F., Creed; M. D., Crespo; G., Cardoso; R., Guimaraes Lopes; R., Mayou; M. v., Moffaert; Rigatelli, Marco; P., Sakkas; P., Tienari. - In: GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0163-8343. - ELETTRONICO. - 23(2001), pp. 124-132.

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