By Loren Ledin the Ventura County Star. Parental pressure and the high school coach. This is a true story and should be a required reading for all parents. Every parent wants their son to play college baseball and get an athletic scholarship, but some simply go too far.
consultation-liaison provision of psychiatric services at the request of another health professional, often for physically ill patients in a nonpsychiatric hospital.
consultant conÂ·sultÂ·ant (kÉn-sÅ­l'tÉnt) n. A physician or surgeon who does not take actual charge of a patient, but acts in an advisory capacity to the patient's primary physician. Such a member of a hospital staff who may advise the attending physician or surgeon.