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ProfessorMikeCrawford

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Professor of Mental Health Research
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3313 4161m.crawford

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Nicole Hickey +44 (0)20 3313 4161

 
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Location

 

Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Saraiva:2020:10.1186/s12913-020-05165-x,
author = {Saraiva, S and Guthrie, E and Walker, A and Trigwell, P and West, R and Shuweidi, F and Crawford, M and Fossey, M and Hewison, J and Murray, CC and Hulme, C and House, A},
doi = {10.1186/s12913-020-05165-x},
journal = {BMC Health Services Research},
pages = {308--308},
title = {The nature and activity of liaison mental services in acute hospital settings: a multi-site cross sectional study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05165-x},
volume = {20},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BACKGROUND: To describe the clinical activity patterns and nature of interventions of hospital-based liaison psychiatry services in England. METHODS: Multi-site, cross-sectional survey. 18 acute hospitals across England with a liaison psychiatry service. All liaison staff members, at each hospital site, recorded data on each patient they had face to face contact with, over a 7 day period. Data included location of referral, source of referral, main clinical problem, type of liaison intervention employed, staff professional group and grade, referral onto other services, and standard assessment measures. RESULTS: A total of 1475 face to face contacts from 18 hospitals were included in the analysis, of which approximately half were follow-up reviews. There was considerable variation across sites, related to the volume of Emergency Department (ED) attendances, number of hospital admissions, and work hours of the team but not to the size of the hospital (number of beds). The most common clinical problems were co-morbid physical and psychiatric symptoms, self-harm and cognitive impairment. The main types of intervention delivered were diagnosis/formulation, risk management and advice. There were differences in the type of clinical problems seen by the services between EDs and wards, and also differences between the work conducted by doctors and nurses. Almost half of the contacts were for continuing care, rather than assessment. Eight per cent of all referrals were offered follow up with the LP team, and approximately 37% were referred to community or other services. CONCLUSIONS: The activity of LP services is related to the flow of patients through an acute hospital. In addition to initial assessments, services provide a wide range of differing interventions, with nurses and doctors carrying out distinctly different roles within the team. The results show the volume and diversity of LP work. While much clinical contact is acute and confined to the inpatient episod
AU  - Saraiva,S
AU  - Guthrie,E
AU  - Walker,A
AU  - Trigwell,P
AU  - West,R
AU  - Shuweidi,F
AU  - Crawford,M
AU  - Fossey,M
AU  - Hewison,J
AU  - Murray,CC
AU  - Hulme,C
AU  - House,A
DO  - 10.1186/s12913-020-05165-x
EP  - 308
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1472-6963
SP  - 308
TI  - The nature and activity of liaison mental services in acute hospital settings: a multi-site cross sectional study
T2  - BMC Health Services Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05165-x
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32293431
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79075
VL  - 20
ER  -
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