Objective: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is the application area of psychiatry dealing with psychosocially distressed patients in nonpsychiatric health care settings and providing integration of the psychosomatic and bio-psycho-social theories with clinical practice. The overcoming of sectorialization in contemporary medical care through the establishment of effective collaboration is its main theoretical framework. This study collects evaluations of doctors and charge nurses working in non-psychiatric wards of the Modena General Hospital, about the Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Consultation Service (PPCS). Method: 330 health professionals (medical doctors and charge nurses) were contacted by e-mail or in person, and required to compile an anonymous questionnaire over a two-week period, in June 2009. Results: 109/330 (33.03%) responded to the questionnaire, of these the vast majority (n=95, 87.20%) were medical doctors. The majority of respondents (84.39%) estimated a range of frequency of psychiatric referrals between 1 and 24% of their patients. The most frequent reasons for referrals were suspected depression (60.55%) or anxiety (53.21%). The PPCS intervention was rated as “very useful" particularly for psychopharmacotherapeutic advice (84.40%), to improve communication with patients and relatives (73.39 and 39.45% res-pectively) and to facilitate after-discharge care (33.94%). Half of the sample also recognized an improvement of their own knowledge and skills in the management of mentally ill patients. Conclusion: TheModena PPCS is perceived as effective and useful by its users. It is relevant to assess opinions of consultees and ward staff on Consultation and Liaison activities, to better focus clinical and training interventions as well as to improve organisational procedures.

Opinions of general hospital ward staff on a consultation-liaison psychiatry service / Ferrari, Silvia; Catellani, S; Pingani, Luca; Rigatelli, Marco; Simoni, E.. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0022-3999. - ELETTRONICO. - 72 (6):(2012), pp. 479-479. (Intervento presentato al convegno 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics (EACLPP) & 29th European Conference on Psychosomatic Research (ECPR) tenutosi a Aarhus (Denmark) nel June 27th – June 30th, 2012).

Opinions of general hospital ward staff on a consultation-liaison psychiatry service

FERRARI, Silvia;PINGANI, LUCA;RIGATELLI, Marco;
2012

Abstract

Objective: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is the application area of psychiatry dealing with psychosocially distressed patients in nonpsychiatric health care settings and providing integration of the psychosomatic and bio-psycho-social theories with clinical practice. The overcoming of sectorialization in contemporary medical care through the establishment of effective collaboration is its main theoretical framework. This study collects evaluations of doctors and charge nurses working in non-psychiatric wards of the Modena General Hospital, about the Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Consultation Service (PPCS). Method: 330 health professionals (medical doctors and charge nurses) were contacted by e-mail or in person, and required to compile an anonymous questionnaire over a two-week period, in June 2009. Results: 109/330 (33.03%) responded to the questionnaire, of these the vast majority (n=95, 87.20%) were medical doctors. The majority of respondents (84.39%) estimated a range of frequency of psychiatric referrals between 1 and 24% of their patients. The most frequent reasons for referrals were suspected depression (60.55%) or anxiety (53.21%). The PPCS intervention was rated as “very useful" particularly for psychopharmacotherapeutic advice (84.40%), to improve communication with patients and relatives (73.39 and 39.45% res-pectively) and to facilitate after-discharge care (33.94%). Half of the sample also recognized an improvement of their own knowledge and skills in the management of mentally ill patients. Conclusion: TheModena PPCS is perceived as effective and useful by its users. It is relevant to assess opinions of consultees and ward staff on Consultation and Liaison activities, to better focus clinical and training interventions as well as to improve organisational procedures.
2012
72 (6)
479
479
Ferrari, Silvia; Catellani, S; Pingani, Luca; Rigatelli, Marco; Simoni, E.
Opinions of general hospital ward staff on a consultation-liaison psychiatry service / Ferrari, Silvia; Catellani, S; Pingani, Luca; Rigatelli, Marco; Simoni, E.. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0022-3999. - ELETTRONICO. - 72 (6):(2012), pp. 479-479. (Intervento presentato al convegno 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics (EACLPP) & 29th European Conference on Psychosomatic Research (ECPR) tenutosi a Aarhus (Denmark) nel June 27th – June 30th, 2012).
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