Basics for physicians and psychiatrists for effective practice of consultation-liaison psychiatry services.

The article examines the various issues related to the practice of consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry, which can be considered as a barrier to the practice of CL Psychiatry and resultant lower referral rates. Topics discussed include psychiatry morbidity in medically ill patients, barriers in accepting psychiatric referrals by the psychiatrists, and what psychiatrists can do to improve psychiatric referrals.