Saving or Saving As Directly from Photoshop to disk AND into Lightroom catalog?

If I create a file in Photoshop without coming from Lightroom or duplicate a file in Photoshop that I opened from Lightroom, is there a way to save the new file from Photoshop to the desired directory on my local hard drive and simultaneously have it added to my Lightroom catalog? Or do I need to save the file then import the file into the catalog? I'm working with CS6.

W-W, just a slight addendum to your reply. You CAN use "Save As" from within PS after an "Edit In", and even change the file-type AND the destination folder, and the file WILL be returned to LR. The caveat is that the file-type has to be either Tiff or PSD (it doesn't have to be the same as what's set in the External Editing tab of the Preferences), it just can't be a Jpeg, and using a different folder will lose the stacking. In fact you can make multiple "save as" commands, and they'll all appear back in Lightroom provided they are Tiff or PSD (though you'll need to use a different file-name for the second or more derivatives of the same file-type if you want them all in the same folder and thus stacked with the original).
That's on Windows using LR4.3 and CS5....but I think it works that way on other versions as well. One further caveat, however, is that where an ACR mis-match occurs (as in my current setup) when using the Edit-In operation, the option to "Open Anyway" would have to be used to make use of this option....if you use "Render Using Lightroom" the Tiff/PSD is created in Lightroom and subsequent "save as" files are NOT brought back into LR.
Apologies for the complicated post, but thought it important to clarify that "Save As" can work.

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