Psychiatric liaison on a bone marrow transplantation unit

Patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation experience some unique coping problems which differentiate them from other cancer patients. Problems structuring time are particularly difficult for patients while waiting in isolation for the success or failure of their transplant. The authors discuss the establishment of a psychiatric liaison to a bone marrow transplantation unit. As a result of the new liaison with this unit, psychiatric consultations to all cancer patients tripled within 1 year.