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A new opportunity — three tales of training in liaison psychiatry of old age
Author(s)	John Holmes, Jon Millard, Susie Waddingham
Journal title	Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 26, no 11, November 2002
Pages	pp 433-435
Keywords	Psychiatric treatment ; Hospital services ; Psychiatrists ; In-service training ; Leeds.
Annotation	Liaison psychiatry has emerged as a sub-speciality within general adult psychiatry, with specific experience and training being required to develop the skills and knowledge to address comorbid physical and psychiatric symptoms and illness. The increased community focus of old age psychiatry means that trainees may not develop the best possible skills to manage psychiatric illness in the general hospital setting. To deal with this problem, Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Trust has developed a specialist service based at Leeds General Infirmary for the approximately 45,000 older people in the city. The service has assessed more than 800 older people since its inception in 1999. The team consists of a senior lecturer / honorary consultant, a specialist registrar, and a senior house officer (SHO). The authors describe the experience of training in liaison psychiatry of old age from these three perspectives. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030205001 A
Classmark	LP: LD: QT9: QWD: 88B
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