Appraisal of marketing approaches for consultation-liaison psychiatry.
The high prevalence of undetected and undertreated mental disorders in the general health care sector suggests that the active "marketing" strategies proposed in these articles are overdue. However, a more extensive data base that documents the need for psychiatric involvement in the medical setting and assesses the capacities of other mental health professionals to substitute for consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists in clinical care, teaching, and research is urgently needed and will prove to be the most potent marketing tool available to the specialty.
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Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.
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