title: Consultation-liaison psychiatry in the managed care arena.
abstract: This article describes the history and current state of consultation-liaison psychiatry and managed care, the impact of managed care on consultation-liaison psychiatry, including service delivery and ethical issues, and recommendations for survival. The implications of managed health care delivery system reorganization for consultation-liaison psychiatry are important and offer challenges as well as opportunities for the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Randel
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000639:trends; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States