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Psychotic symptoms in the elderly.

Rebecca W Brendel1, Theodore A Stern

  • 1Harvard Medical School. rbrendel@partners.org

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|November 26, 2005
PubMed
Summary

This report details lessons learned from psychiatric consultations for medical and surgical patients. It offers practical insights for clinicians managing comorbid conditions at the medicine-psychiatry interface.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Education

Background:

  • The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) manages inpatients with co-occurring psychiatric conditions.
  • Effective management necessitates integrating medical and psychiatric expertise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document and share key lessons from the MGH Psychiatric Consultation Service.
  • To provide practical guidance for clinicians at the medicine-psychiatry interface.

Main Methods:

  • Case discussions during clinical rounds involving attending psychiatrists and chief residents.
  • Compilation of insights derived from these discussions into rounds reports.

Main Results:

  • Identification of critical learning points in diagnosing and managing complex cases.
  • Development of a resource for clinicians facing similar challenges.

Conclusions:

  • Clinical rounds provide a valuable platform for distilling practical knowledge.
  • The generated reports serve as an educational tool for enhancing care at the medicine-psychiatry interface.

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