The Duke Raleigh Hospital consult-liaison program provides psychiatric care and consultation for patients with co-existing medical and psychiatric disorders.
We provide full-time, on-site psychiatry coverage to assist the hospitalists and other medical staff at Duke Raleigh Hospital.
Consult-liaison psychiatry works on the biopsychosocial model: patients do not just have a medical condition; they are a person with an illness that affects them, their families, and their social and occupational functioning.
The consult-liaison team works at the request of the medical staff to help diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders that may be the primary reason for hospitalization or a significant co-existing illness.
The psychiatrists at Duke Raleigh Hospital are all faculty of Duke University. Their clinical expertise has helped make them experts in their field.
Conditions Treated
Examples of psychiatric illness diagnosed and treated are:
- Delirium (acute confusional state)
- Dementia
- Major depression
- Anxiety disorders
- Alcohol and other substance addictions
- Suicide attempts
- Psychotic disorders
Methods of Treatment
The treatment of any psychiatric problem involves a thorough assessment of the patient’s history and complaints. This might also include other family or significant others who can provide additional information regarding the patients behavior and illness.
Treatment options can include, but are not limited to:
- Medication management
- Psychotherapy
- Referral to inpatient psychiatric care
Why Choose Duke Raleigh Hospital
We strive to provide state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment options for patients with co-existing medical and psychiatric conditions. Psychiatrists are on-site full time to provide care at the bedside as soon as possible.
Our psychiatrists are experts in the care of patients with psychiatric disorders and are also trained to provide medical and psychiatric evaluation and management.
The psychiatrists at Duke Raleigh Hospital not only to treat patients, but also train other psychiatrists in this field of psychosomatic medicine.
Physicians
Physicians offering this service include:
