Enhancement of Proficiency in Liaison Psychiatry: An
Obligatory Code for Reduction of Forensic Incidents
Volume 3 - Issue 3
Saeed Shoja Shafti*
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- Department of Psychiatry, Iran
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Saeed Shoja Shafti, Professor of Psychiatry, Razi Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Received: March 19, 2019; Published: March 26, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/PRJFGS.2019.03.000161
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Abstract
The incidence of medical slipups in primary care is not rare and the likelihood of faults producing grave harm is great.
‘Misdiagnosis’ means the improper diagnosis of a morbid condition. On the other hand, while patient’s safety is vital in-patient
care, there is a shortage of studies on medical errors in primary care settings. Anyhow, the most common errors usually are those
related to delayed or missed diagnoses, followed by management inaccuracies. Whereas about one percent of hospital admissions
result in an adverse event due to negligence, faults are probably much more common, because these studies detect only errors that
led to computable adverse events occurring soon after the slips. Differences in healthcare provider teaching and practice, blurred
lines of power of doctors, nurses, and other care providers, poor communiqué, incoherent recording systems, overestimation of
insufficient data, failure to recognize the frequency and significance of medical errors, sleep deficiency and night shifts, unfamiliar
settings, doctor’s depression, fatigue, and burnout, diverse patients, and, lastly, time pressures have been accounted as important
bases of medical fault. So, careful medical checkup, based on acceptable clinical abilities and knowledge, is required for analysis of
medical problems, especially in view of therapeutic golden-time. Moreover, supplementary and all-inclusive instructive courses,
for upgrading the skills and knowledge of medical students in the field of ‘somatic symptom disorder’ and consultation-liaison
psychiatry conceivably is valuable for diminishing misdiagnosis or negligence. Current medical teaching and tryout cannot discount
the vital role of liaison-psychiatry in present-day clinical practice, since the mutual connection between mind and body is more
complex than what was thought before in primary care setting.
Abbrevations:APA: American Psychiatric Association; ECT: Electroconvulsive Therapy; HS: Hallevorden-Spatz; NBIA:
Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation; PANK2: Pantothenate Kinase Gene; LP: Lumber Puncture; SPECT: Single Photon
Emission Computed Tomography; PET: Positron Emission Tomography; fMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; MRS:
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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