title: [Counseling and liaison psychiatry--a concept for smaller general hospitals?].
abstract: Motivated by own experiences in consultation- and liaison-psychiatry in the USA and in internal medicine in Switzerland, the author describes history, present state and value of consultation- and liaison-psychiatry for patient care. Obstacles against implementation of consultation- and liaison-psychiatry in Switzerland are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik C, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003376:Counseling; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011570:Psychiatry; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Konsiliar- und Liaisonpsychiatrie--ein Konzept auch für kleinere Allgemeinspitäler?