%0 Journal Article
%T Interconsulta psicol¨®gica: demanda e assist¨ºncia em hospital geral
%A Santos
%A N¨¢tali Castro Antunes
%A Slonczewski
%A Tatiana
%A Prebianchi
%A Helena Bazanelli
%A Oliveira
%A Andr¨¦ia Garcia
%A Cardoso
%A Camila Sousa
%J Psicologia em Estudo
%D 2011
%I Universidade Estadual de Maring¨¢
%R 10.1590/S1413-73722011000200016
%X the consultation-liaison psychology in general hospitals represents a modality of clinical and a methodological tool used by psychologists in inpatient care, upon the request of other health professionals. the study aimed to characterize the psychological demands of the liaison in a general hospital, from the analysis of attendance records request. one hundred and seven patients were treated between january and june 2010, in which 53% of the participants were male and 57% of adults over 45 years. most requests were performed by physicians (44%) and nurses (38%), formally (59%), and previous contact between interconsultor and the applicant (85%). the main reasons given for the request liaison were: psychological symptoms related to illness (43%) and identification of impairment in the patient's adaptation to hospitalization (41%). the psychological liaison model adopted was appropriate to the studied context, with engagement of the multidisciplinary team in the effectiveness of practice.
%K consultation-liaison
%K health psychology
%K an interdisciplinary approach.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-73722011000200016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en