Objective To describe special patients and problems encountered in consultation-liaison old age psychiatry settings
Design materials and methods
Review of existing literature
Results Patients labelled as “difficult to like”, “undesirable”, and “bed blockers” may have specific problems such as behaviour disturbance, suicidal ideation, poor treatment compliance, poor oral intake, mental incapacity, squalor, neuropsychiatric complications of prescribed medication and/or substance abuse.
Conclusion Complex problems require detailed assessment and multidisciplinary management approaches.
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