Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e): e25-e40 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.041
Liaison psychiatry specializes in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in patients with somatic pathology. In many cases it is difficult to assess,whether mental disease is due to somatic or mental disease not only for psychiatrists, but also for somatic doctors, who may play down or disregardsymptoms of mental disease. Insufficient treatment of mental disorders in somatic ill patients increase morbidity and mortality of patients.
Published: October 1, 2016 Show citation