Appraisal of marketing approaches for consultation-liaison psychiatry

Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1987 Sep;9(5):368-71. doi: 10.1016/0163-8343(87)90071-5.

Abstract

The high prevalence of undetected and undertreated mental disorders in the general health care sector suggests that the active "marketing" strategies proposed in these articles are overdue. However, a more extensive data base that documents the need for psychiatric involvement in the medical setting and assesses the capacities of other mental health professionals to substitute for consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists in clinical care, teaching, and research is urgently needed and will prove to be the most potent marketing tool available to the specialty.

MeSH terms

  • Cost Control / trends
  • Hospitals, General
  • Humans
  • Marketing of Health Services / trends*
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / therapy
  • Psychiatry / trends*
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders / therapy
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / trends
  • Referral and Consultation / trends*