title: Consultation-liaison psychiatry. Does it help to get organized? The European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup.
abstract: Since 1987 consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists in Europe have decided to develop a closer collaboration to stimulate the development of the C-L field. A first result of this collaboration is a companion paper on the history and current state of C-L psychiatry in Europe. This paper describes the arguments for the development of the European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup for General Hospital Psychiatry and Psychosomatics (ECLW), and the results of the first 3 years of collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije University (AZVU), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huyse
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D012955:Societies, Medical