Mental health liaison and consultation
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Mental health liaison and consultation

Robert Tunmore Lecturer in Mental Health, The Nightingale Institute, King’s College, London

This article identifies some of the common clinical problems addressed by liaison mental health nurses and a range of assessment tools for clinical practice

Aims and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is to increase your understanding of collaborative work between mental health nurses and their non mental health colleagues in both hospital and primary care settings. After reading this article you should be able to:

Nursing Standard. 11, 50, 46-53. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.50.46.s51

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