Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Proactive integrated mental health care (PIMHC) model for hospitalized surgical patients: Development and feasibility study
Objectives: Mental health disorders (MHDs) adversely affect the surgical outcomes, including pain, hospital stay, complications, and mortality. Proactive consultation–liaison (C-L) psychiatry models are widely used for surgical patients in high-income countries, but they have yet to be developed and systematically evaluated in Indian healthcare settings. The present study aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a proactive integrated mental health care (PIMHC) model for surgical inpatients in a tertiary cen …