Short Report : Portugal

Written by Graca Cardoso in November 2018 Current situation and challenges of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry in Portugal Consultation-Liaison (CL) Psychiatry started in Portugal, in the 1950s, following the creation of the first academic general hospitals that included departments of psychiatry (1). Its development can be roughly summarised in three phases. Read more…

Short Report: Bulgaria

NEW EVENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BULGARIAN PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE AND CONSULTATION – LIAISON PSYCHIATRY written by Ivo I. Natsov, Evgeni U. Haritov in September 2018 Introduction A National Programme for Mental Health Reform, a Public Health Act concerning the mental health in its fourth part, a National Framework Agreement, Read more…