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In tro duc ti on: Consultation-liaison psychiatry is a field of psychiatry which investigates associations among clinical medicine in general, different fields of specialties and psychic and psychosocial entities. This psychiatric discipline deals with diagnosis, treatment, follow-up of psychiatric, and psychosocial disorders associated with physical diseases. The objective of this study was to review causes of consultations requested from departments of child and adolescent mental health, and diseases PAMHD , sociodemographic data of the cases, and treatment approaches related to these cases.Materials and Methods: Patient information related to the consultations requested from the department of child and adolescent psychiatry by the clinics of emergency medicine, and other clinics in the Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine UUFM between January 2012 and January 2013 were retrospectively screened.Results: PAMHD consultations were requested from 0.48% of the cases in the UUFM who referred to the outpatient clinics of pediatric emergency, and 3.25% of the inpatients aged less than18 years. A total of 275 cases females, 51.5%; and males, 48.5% with a mean age of 13.5±4.23 years were evaluated. Consultations were most often requested from the clinics of pediatric emergency 27% , pediatric hematology 12.5% , and pediatric nephrology 12.5% in decreasing order of frequency. Of the cases, 7.6% had not received any psychiatric diagnosis. Psychiatric diagnoses were mostly adjustment disorder 26.2% , depressive disorder 20.7% , and anxiety disorder 15.3% . Medical treatment was administered to 36% of the evaluated cases. Conclusions: Our study reveals that psychiatric disorders, mainly adjustment disorders and depressions, are frequently seen in patients with physical diseases. Apparently, screening studies performed have revealed annual increases in the number of consultations evaluated. Outcomes of our study emphasized the merit of these consultation demands, and importance of collaboration between

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