COVID-19-related consultation-liaison (CL) mental health services in general hospitals: A perspective from Europe and beyond

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 167; p. 111183
• Main Authors: Schaefert, Rainer, Stein, Barbara, Meinlschmidt, Gunther, Roemmel, Noa, Blanch, Jordi, Boye, Birgitte, Carqueja, Eduardo, De Matteis, Tiziano, Dineen, Peter, Doherty, Anne M., Ferrari, Silvia, Lanvin, Victoria, Lee, William, Lemmens, Gilbert M.D., Lemogne, Cédric, Małyszczak, Krzysztof, Mendes-Pedro, António, Nejatisafa, Ali-Akbar, Räsänen, Sami, Rosen, Benjamin, Simões do Couto, Frederico, Syngelakis, Markos, Tarricone, Ilaria, Van der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M., Huber, Christian G., Fazekas, Christian, Vitinius, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.04.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Consultation and liaison psychiatry; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Europe; Hospitals, General; Humans; Liaison psychiatry; Life Sciences; Mental health care; Mental Health Services; Multinational; Pandemics; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychosomatics; Referral and Consultation; Europe; COVID-19; Mental health care; Multinational; Liaison psychiatry; Psychosomatics; Psychology; Consultation and liaison psychiatry; Psychiatry

The COVID-19 pandemic posed new challenges for integrated health care worldwide. Our study aimed to describe newly implemented structures and procedures of psychosocial consultation and liaison (CL) services in Europe and beyond, and to highlight emerging needs for co-operation. Cross-sectional onli...