Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry vs Psychosomatic Medicine: What’s in a name?

Background: In November of 2017, The Academy of the Psychosomatic Medicine voted to change its name to the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. It followed a similar change in which the American Board of Medical Specialties voted to change the name of the field to Consultation-Liaison Psychia...

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Published inPsychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 207 - 210
Main Authors Boland, Robert J., Rundell, James, Epstein, Steven, Gitlin, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 01.05.2018
Subjects
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Liaison psychiatry, Medical Psychiatry
Psychiatry - history
Psychiatry - organization & administration
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine - history
Psychosomatic Medicine - organization & administration
Referral and Consultation
Societies, Medical
Terminology as Topic
United States
United States
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Liaison psychiatry, Medical Psychiatry
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Psychosomatic Medicine
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Summary:Background: In November of 2017, The Academy of the Psychosomatic Medicine voted to change its name to the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. It followed a similar change in which the American Board of Medical Specialties voted to change the name of the field to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Objective: The authors, all instrumental in bringing about this change, discuss the history and rationale for this name change.
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ISSN:0033-3182
1545-7206
DOI:10.1016/j.psym.2017.11.006