title: Child psychiatric consultation to pediatric inpatient services in Thailand.
abstract: Children with medical illnesses have significant levels of comorbid psychopathology. To understand the concern, and the area that needs to be addressed, the practice of child psychiatric inpatient consultation at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Thailand was examined and appraised. Evaluation of the current practice pattern of psychiatric consultation is a crucial process in determining the next step of improving the quality of mental health care for sick children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand. siriratul@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sirirat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ularntinon
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand