The impact of clinical pharmacy intervention in a psychiatric hospital.

One hundred and nine physician-initiated consultations were directed to a clinical pharmacist over a 1-year period. Two hundred and three (88.2%) recommendations out of 229 were adopted. Major question types included preventive measures, non-response, side-effects and mixed factors. The global effectiveness of pharmacist interventions suggests that 67.9% of patients exhibited a very satisfactory or satisfactory response. While our study suggests that a clinical pharmacist may favourably contribute to the quality of patient care, a control-group study is required to confirm our results.