Enhancing mental health care: Referrer satisfaction with consultation liaison psychiatry service in a regional Australian hospital

Clement TanDepartment of Psychiatry, Mackay Base Hospital, AustraliaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Sandeep ReelhDepartment of Psychiatry, Mackay Base Hospital, Rahul SuriDepartment of Psychiatry, Mackay Base Hospital, Matthew I. HiskensMackay Institute of Research and Innovation, Mackay Base Hospital, Akshaya AjitDepartment of Psychiatry, Mackay Base Hospital, AustraliaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Alok RanaDepartment of Psychiatry, Mackay Base Hospital

Australasian Psychiatry

Published online on December 29, 2025

Abstract

Australasian Psychiatry, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 238-245, June 2026.
IntroductionConsultation liaison psychiatry (CLP) is a subspeciality of psychiatry that integrates mental health care into non-psychiatric departments of a general hospital. The Mackay Hospital and Health Service (MHHS) commenced CLP services in 2016, ...