A social systems approach to consultation-liaison psychiatry

Consultation-liaison psychiatry traditionally has emphasized an approach to clinical practice based upon an understanding of the ways in which intrapsychic dynamics, personality characteristics and biological phenomena interact in a process that can be understood to relate to symptoms and disease in...

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Published inInternational journal of psychiatry in medicine Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 33
Main Authors Glazer, W M, Astrachan, B M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1979
Subjects
Adjustment Disorders - psychology
Adjustment Disorders - therapy
Female
Hospital Units - organization & administration
Hospitals, General - organization & administration
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatry - methods
Psychopathology
Referral and Consultation
Renal Dialysis - psychology
Social Adjustment
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
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Summary:Consultation-liaison psychiatry traditionally has emphasized an approach to clinical practice based upon an understanding of the ways in which intrapsychic dynamics, personality characteristics and biological phenomena interact in a process that can be understood to relate to symptoms and disease in the individual. More recently the field has considered the interaction of interpersonal and group phenomena with individual characteristics and their influence upon patient pathology. Currently, however, there is limited understanding of the significance of organizational variables for the work of the consultation-liaison psychiatrist. In this paper, several organizational themes are discussed in terms of social systems theory and the relevance of these themes are applied to case material taken from a year's experience of consultation-liaison in a hemodialysis unit of a general hospital (HUGH).
ISSN:0091-2174
DOI:10.2190/VEYM-CR7Q-3KE2-HEBU