title: Consultation liaison psychiatry at Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital.
abstract: The authors reviewed the all referral cases from different inpatient and outpatient department, in Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital. It was a descriptive study. There were 484 referred cases during the study period. Around half the referral were from department of medicine (49.8%), surgery (11.2%), Eye/ENT (10.3%). The referral rate was 1.4%, with an average three cases per day. Among the referral cases depression was diagnosed in 26.9%, anxiety in 15.5% and substance related problem in 14.5%. The consultation liaison psychiatry service is satisfactorily used. Depression, substance use problem, anxiety, deliberate self harm is the main diagnoses in liaison psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Jorpati Kathmandu, Nepal. pradip_man2003@yahoo.com
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tajhya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shakya
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009390:Nepal; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*