title: Consultation-liaison psychiatry at century's end.
abstract: Consultation-liaison psychiatry is over 60 years old. It emerged as an offspring of psychobiology, general hospital psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine. The author discusses its main functions and argues that it meets American Psychiatric Association criteria for subspecialization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Lipowski
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States