title: Patient dynamics, staff burnout, and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
abstract: This paper discusses the valuable role of the consultation-liaison psychiatrist in reducing hospital staff burnout, particularly in working with difficult patients admitted to nonpsychiatric services. Direct patient consultation is a reimbursable service. However, staff-oriented consultation, while not reimbursed by most third-party payers, can be an invaluable means of improving staff-patient relations, reducing liability risk, and alleviating staff stress. The consultation-liaison psychiatrist can be an important element in a hospitalwide, ongoing, comprehensive program to reduce burnout and thereby optimize staff retention and staff effectiveness.
authors: Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI.
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Zarr
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States