Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics

The section was approved by European Psychiatric Association in 2007.

Section Board

Albert DIEFENBACHER, Chair

Antonio BARBOSA, Co-Chair

Joanna RYMASZEWSKA, Co-Chair

Dan GEORGESCU, Secretary

Marco RIGATELLI, Treasurer

Mission

The primary objectives of the section are:

  • to promote the advance of consultation-liaison psychiatry scientific knowledge and clinical practice by:

a) promoting the management of patients with psychiatric disorders and psychological problems in medical settings,

b) developing and encouraging training and practice in C-LP of the highest standard for trainee psychiatrists, medical undergraduates and students of related mental health professions,

c) providing a forum for presentation, dissemination and discussion of scientific problems in C-L psychiatry through organization of meetings, conferences, workshops and publications as well as for the exchange of ideas and knowledge,

  • to interest and inform the general community concerning C-LP issues and particularly to promote a clear understanding of the subject,
  • to exchange information among the members of the association.

Activities

1. Section Meetings

  • April 2008 (Nice)
  • January 2009 (Lisbon)
  • February 2010 (Vienna)

2. Section Symposia (during EPA Congress)

  • April 2008 (Nice): New Developments in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, D. Georgescu)
  • January 2009 (Lisbon): New Developments in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Europe (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, D. Georgescu)
  • February 2010 (Munich): Consultation Liaison Psychiatry: From Culture to the Soma (Chair: P. Varandas, A. Diefenbacher)
  • February 2010 (Munich) - Core Symposium: Psychosomatics and Liaison Psychiatry in Europe (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, A. Barbosa)

3. Section Symposia (during DGPPN Congress)

  • November 2009 (Berlin): Current Developments in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics in Europe (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, A. Barbosa)
  • November 2009 (Berlin): Training Issues in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics in Europe (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, D. Georgescu)

4. CME Courses

  • June 2008 (Berlin): National German CL-Meeting, sponsored by EPA and DGPPN (Conference chair: A. Diefenbacher)
  • November 2008 (Berlin): Workshop on CL-Psychiatry, EPA itinerant CME course at the DGPPN Congress (Chair: A. Diefenbacher)
  • November 2009 (Berlin): Workshop on CL-Psychiatry, EPA itinerant CME course at the DGPPN Congress (Chair: A. Diefenbacher)
  • April 2010 (Gmunden, Austria) Workshop on CL-Psychiatry, EPA itinerant CME course at the Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (ÖGPP) (Chair: A. Diefenbacher)
  • July 2010 (Innsbruck, Austria), EPA itinerant CME course: “How to set up a CL Psychiatry Unit” (Chair: A. Diefenbacher, R. Burian, O. Christiansen)
  • July 2010 (Porto): 2 EPA itinerant CME courses, on invitation by the section of Portuguese Young Psychiatrists, Topics: Basic and Advance knowledge for CL-psychiatrists

5. Future activities

  • Developing the section’s website
  • Section meeting: March 2011 (Vienna)
  • Section symposium during EPA congress: March 2011 (Vienna): Consultation Liaison Psychiatry: Integrating Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry (Chair: S. Ferrari, D. Georgescu)
  • EPA itinerant CME course: “Delirium” (to be developed), (Chair: A. Barbosa, A. Diefenbacher)
  • November 2011 (Berlin): EPA itinerant CME course CL-Psychiatry (in English) at the DGPPN Congress (Chair: A. Diefenbacher)
  • Section meeting during EPA congress: March 2012 (Prague)