Abstract Introduction: Liaison psychiatry is a bridge between psychiatry and other medical specialties. Though there is high prevalence of psychiatric disorder in general hospital patients, yet it is less acknowledged by other faculties. Aims and objectives: To study the referral rate in psychiatry and psychiatric morbidity in referred patients. Material and method: All patients referred to psychiatric outpatient department in a General Teaching Hospital for the period of one year were included in the study. Clinical diagnosis was arrived based on DSM-IV TR multi-axial diagnostic system. Results: Referral rate was 3.6%. 83.3% of referred patients were diagnosed to have psychiatric illness. Major sources of referral were from Medicine (46.3%) followed by Surgery (23%). Anxiety and Depression were most common disorders diagnosed in these patients. Conclusion: Patients frequently attending general hospital for multiple physical complaints are likely to be suffering from psychiatric illness and need to be evaluated by the psychiatrist. The majority of them visit medicine and surgery department and are referred for symptoms of anxiety and depression.