title: [Liaison psychiatry. An analytic view using the example of a German university hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of liaison psychiatry cases of a university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive analysis on the basis of all psychiatric consultations realized in the year 2008 at the university hospital of Erlangen.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About 1% of all patients with somatic diseases receive a psychiatric treatment by the liaison psychiatry at the same time. Suspected and final diagnosis of correspond in only one third of cases. The diagnoses are focused on only a few diseases. Suicidality is confirmed in a small number of cases. Most commonly a medicamentous treatment is recommended, above all antidepressant and typical neuroleptics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The interdisciplinary treatment of patients with somatic diseases by the liaison psychiatry is an increasingly used instrument of other disciplines and serves to optimize the diagnostic and therapeutic efficiency of public health.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik, Universitätsklinik Erlangen. sebastian.kreil@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kreil
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Biermann
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weih
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kornhuber
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Maler
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sperling
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs