Psychological consultations and mental health services in general hospitals do not share a common model to structure their approaches and practices with organic patients. Consultations are generally based on hospital wards' different traditions, procedures and specializations. Nowadays, there are two main psychological hospital services: psychological consultation, in which the medical staff ask the hospital's psychologist to visit and to provide an assessment of some patients' mental well-being or to perform a psychological clinical support; consultation-liaison, in which the specialist psychologist is part of the ward's multidisciplinary team. The increasing adoption of psychological consultations in general hospital can be seen as an expression of the biopsychosocial theoretical model and the need of a patient-centered care. The present article deals with the model of psychological consultation adopted by the Unit of Clinical Psychology at Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospitals of Milan. This study aims to analyze the psychological consultation data collected in 2018 specifying: the number of patients and hospital wards involved, the psychological questions and medical problems encountered, the actors who made the questions (patient, family member, medical staff), the interventions performed by the psychologist (evaluation/support), the clinicians involved and the descriptions of the consultation (duration, post-hospitalization development, adherence).
Borghi, L., Vegni, E., Raisi, S., Cardani, E., de Stasio, M., Leone, D., et al. (2020). The psychological consultation in hospital setting: A model of intervention through the clinical practice [La “visita e parere psicologico” in ambito ospedaliero: Un modello di intervento attraverso la pratica clinica]. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, 2020(1), 52-65 [10.3280/PDS2020-001005].
The psychological consultation in hospital setting: A model of intervention through the clinical practice [La “visita e parere psicologico” in ambito ospedaliero: Un modello di intervento attraverso la pratica clinica]
Bettini L.;
2020
Abstract
Psychological consultations and mental health services in general hospitals do not share a common model to structure their approaches and practices with organic patients. Consultations are generally based on hospital wards' different traditions, procedures and specializations. Nowadays, there are two main psychological hospital services: psychological consultation, in which the medical staff ask the hospital's psychologist to visit and to provide an assessment of some patients' mental well-being or to perform a psychological clinical support; consultation-liaison, in which the specialist psychologist is part of the ward's multidisciplinary team. The increasing adoption of psychological consultations in general hospital can be seen as an expression of the biopsychosocial theoretical model and the need of a patient-centered care. The present article deals with the model of psychological consultation adopted by the Unit of Clinical Psychology at Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospitals of Milan. This study aims to analyze the psychological consultation data collected in 2018 specifying: the number of patients and hospital wards involved, the psychological questions and medical problems encountered, the actors who made the questions (patient, family member, medical staff), the interventions performed by the psychologist (evaluation/support), the clinicians involved and the descriptions of the consultation (duration, post-hospitalization development, adherence).
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