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Also known as psychosomatic medicine, it is a subspecialty of psychiatry that focuses on the care of patients with comorbid psychiatric and general medical conditions. It deals with the understanding and advancement of medical science, education, and the provision of medical care for patients with medical illnesses, or who are going through stages of human development with an impact on organs and systems such as puberty, pregnancy and the puerperium, and the senescence, among others.
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Liaison psychiatry at the Hospital Serena del Mar
Liaison psychiatrists work at the interface between physical and psychological health, providing psychiatric care to medical patients, that is, with physically ill people, and the health professionals of different specialties who care for them.
This involves a close collaborative relationship between the Liaison Psychiatry Specialist, with the patient, their family and with medical and paramedical staff to assess and treat people for a wide range of conditions, including alcohol and drug-related problems. drugs, acute psychosis and self-harm. Patients may be taking numerous medications and you will need to work with medical colleagues to determine treatment.
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Also known as psychosomatic medicine, it is a subspecialty of psychiatry that focuses on the care of patients with comorbid psychiatric and general medical conditions. It deals with the understanding and advancement of medical science, education, and the provision of medical care for patients with medical illnesses, or who are going through stages of human development with an impact on organs and systems such as puberty, pregnancy and the puerperium, and the senescence, among others.
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