2017
New Models of Psychiatric Consultation in the General Medical Hospital: Liaison Psychiatry Is Back
Desan P, Lee H, Zimbrean P, Sledge W. New Models of Psychiatric Consultation in the General Medical Hospital: Liaison Psychiatry Is Back. Psychiatric Annals 2017, 47: 355-361. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20170524-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneral medical hospitalPsychiatric consultationMedical HospitalIntegrated care approachConsultation-liaison psychiatryHospital lengthMultidisciplinary consultationHospital consultationsOutpatient careImproved outcomesCare approachMedical consultationMedical teamLiaison psychiatryHospital servicesHospitalProactive consultationConsultationCareConsultative rolePsychiatryPatientsProvidersStay
2015
Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients
Sledge WH, Gueorguieva R, Desan P, Bozzo JE, Dorset J, Lee HB. Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients. Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics 2015, 84: 208-216. PMID: 26022134, DOI: 10.1159/000379757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayConventional consultationMedical conditionsMental illnessCo-morbid factorsGeneral medical unitGeneral medical patientsHealth care colleaguesVariety of illnessesDifferent inpatient settingsEffective patient careMedical inpatientsMedical patientsPatient populationMultidisciplinary interventionPatient visitsInpatient settingPsychiatric consultationMedical unitsPatient carePatientsUsual treatmentMental healthIllnessMental diseases
2014
Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services for the General Hospital of the Future
Desan P, Zimbrean P, Lee H, Sledge W. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services for the General Hospital of the Future. 2014, 157-181. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0688-8_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric consultation serviceGeriatric consultationConsultation servicePsychiatric consultationGeriatric trauma patientsProactive psychiatric consultationGeneral medical hospitalAppropriate target populationElderly patientsUnit careDecrease lengthHip fractureSuch patientsTrauma patientsGeriatric patientsStandard consultationGeneral HospitalClinical pathwayInpatient consultationsMedical HospitalAppropriate careConsult requestsPatientsSignificant improvementMore consultations