CONSULTATION-LIAISON IN CHILD-PSYCHIATRY - A REVIEW OF THE PAST 10 YEARS - PART II - RESEARCH ON TREATMENT APPROACHES AND OUTCOMES

Objective: To critically review the research and reports on consultati on-liaison psychiatry in the past 10 years. Method: Articles contribut ing to the conceptualization of child psychiatric consultation in medi cal, epidemiological, and nonmedical domains were reviewed. Results: I nformation was organized into methodology and treatment outcome catego ries. Nonmedical consultation articles were briefly reviewed. Articles reporting therapeutic techniques in consultation-liaison work and out come studies are described. Conclusions: In spite of constraints impos ed by managed care upon referral to specialists, the current epoch fin ds child psychiatrists both better equipped and more compelled to use their skills in innovative ways to help children in different domains.