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Brief encounters in general practice: liaison in general practice psychiatry clinics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Claire Darling*
Affiliation:
St James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF
Peter Tyrer
Affiliation:
Early Intervention Service, St Charles Hospital, London W10 6DZ
*
(correspondence)
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Liaison psychiatry in general practice has been recognised as an increasingly important part of the development of community psychiatry. Collaborative working between general practitioners (GPs) and psychiatrists has become commonplace in most parts of the country (Strathdee & Williams, 1984). Different models of liaison have been proposed and a variety of advantages claimed for such work (Mitchell, 1985).

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