Table 1.

Characteristics of Liaison psychiatrist interviewees.

Jurisdiction	England	13
	Scotland	10
	New Zealand	3
Gender	Male	16
	Female	10
Ethnicity	White	21
	Asian or mixed Asian	4
	Black	1
Age	36–64 years (mean 47)
Liaison psychiatry subspecialty or special interest(s)a	Older adult liaison psychiatry (psychogeriatrics)	8
	Transplant/ renal psychiatry	6
	Neuropsychiatry/ Huntington's disease	4
	Medically unexplained symptoms	4
	Otherb	6
Extra-curricular activities related to capacityc	Independent or court assessments	13
	Academic or policy activities	7

^a23 of 26 psychiatrists worked in general adult liaison psychiatry (with or without subspecialty interests); 2 worked exclusively in older adult liaison psychiatry; 1 worked exclusively in liaison neuropsychiatry.

^bThe other category included special interests in psychiatry of eating disorders, HIV, pain, psycho-oncology, and obstetrics.

^cThis was not explicitly probed at interview but several participants spontaneously referred to capacity-related activity outside of their usual clinical practice. Independent assessments included Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessments and Human Tissue Authority assessments of living organ donors.