title: Alcoholism consultation and general hospital psychiatry.
abstract: The author explores the relationship between consultation-liaison psychiatry and alcoholism as it presents in the general hospital. He discusses cases that illustrate specific problems, reviews the studies of alcoholism prevalence in the medical and surgical services of general hospitals, and emphasizes the liaison and consultation roles of the general hospital psychiatrist around alcoholism diagnosis, management, and treatment referral.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology