{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,22]],"date-time":"2026-01-22T02:25:31Z","timestamp":1769048731274,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Canadian Society of Healthcare-Systems Pharmacy","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["CJHP"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Clinical pharmacists have a significant role in optimizing pharmacotherapy for patients admitted to acute care settings. Patients with mental health disorders are especially vulnerable to polypharmacy, adverse drug effects, medication nonadherence, and misconceptions about medication use. The Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, currently lacks resources to provide optimal clinical pharmacy coverage for mental health inpatients. \nObjectives: To determine the optimal clinical role for a pharmacist providing specialized care to mental health inpatients and to evaluate the potential impact of the pharmacist on medication use and patient care.\nMethods: A pharmacist with 5 years of mental health\u2013related pharmacy practice experience was temporarily assigned to the Mental Health Short Stay Unit as a practical component of a Master\u2019s program in pharmacy. Clinical activities to be completed by the pharmacist were defined on the basis of available evidence, existing performance and quality assurance indicators, and prior experience. The pharmacist\u2019s activities and recommendations during each shift were tracked and reported. \nResults: The pharmacist saw 94 patients over a total of 88\u00a0hours. The pharmacist made a total of 61 recommendations, of which 55 (90%) were accepted by the psychiatrist, and initiated 42\u00a0medication changes. Forty-one patients (44%) received a thorough medication assessment, and individualized, often specialized, education was provided to patients 39 times. The pharmacist was consulted by the psychiatrist 19 times.\nConclusions: Pharmacists have an important role in medication management and patient education for psychiatric inpatients, and the health care team values pharmacists\u2019 unique expertise. Additional resources dedicated to defining and expanding clinical pharmacy services on inpatient psychiatry units could further optimize patient care.\nR\u00c9SUM\u00c9\nContexte\u00a0: Les pharmaciens cliniciens jouent un r\u00f4le important dans l\u2019optimisation de la pharmacoth\u00e9rapie pour les patients admis en milieu de soins aigus. Les patients souffrant de troubles de la sant\u00e9 mentale sont particuli\u00e8rement vuln\u00e9rables \u00e0 la polypharmacie, aux effets ind\u00e9sirables des m\u00e9dicaments, au non-respect de la m\u00e9dication et aux id\u00e9es fausses circulant sur leur utilisation. L\u2019h\u00f4pital Royal University, \u00e0 Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), manque actuellement de ressources pour offrir une couverture pharmaceutique clinique optimale aux patients hospitalis\u00e9s en sant\u00e9 mentale.\nObjectifs\u00a0: D\u00e9terminer le r\u00f4le clinique optimal du pharmacien fournissant des soins sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s aux patients hospitalis\u00e9s en sant\u00e9 mentale et \u00e9valuer son impact potentiel sur l\u2019utilisation des m\u00e9dicaments et les soins aux patients.\nM\u00e9thodes\u00a0: Un pharmacien ayant 5 ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans la pratique de la pharmacie li\u00e9e \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 mentale a \u00e9t\u00e9 temporairement affect\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9 de s\u00e9jours de courte dur\u00e9e en sant\u00e9 mentale dans le cadre de la composante pratique d\u2019un programme de ma\u00eetrise en pharmacie. Les activit\u00e9s cliniques qu\u2019il devait r\u00e9aliser ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9finies sur la base des donn\u00e9es probantes \u00e0 disposition, des indicateurs de performance et d\u2019assurance de la qualit\u00e9 existants, ainsi que sur la base de son exp\u00e9rience ant\u00e9rieure. Les activit\u00e9s et les recommandations du pharmacien au cours de chaque quart de travail \u00e9taient suivies et signal\u00e9es. \nR\u00e9sultats\u00a0: Le pharmacien a visit\u00e9 94\u00a0patients sur un total de 88\u00a0heures. Au total, il a fait 61\u00a0recommandations, dont 55 (90\u00a0%) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9es par le psychiatre, et il a amorc\u00e9 42\u00a0changements de traitement. Quarante et un patients (44\u00a0%) ont re\u00e7u une \u00e9valuation approfondie concernant le traitement, et des\u00a0patients ont re\u00e7u une explication individualis\u00e9e, souvent sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e, 39 fois. Le psychiatre a consult\u00e9 le pharmacien 19\u00a0fois.\nConclusions\u00a0: Les pharmaciens jouent un r\u00f4le important dans la gestion des m\u00e9dicaments et l\u2019\u00e9ducation des patients hospitalis\u00e9s en psychiatrie, et l\u2019\u00e9quipe de soins de sant\u00e9 appr\u00e9cie leur expertise unique. Des ressources suppl\u00e9mentaires consacr\u00e9es \u00e0 la d\u00e9finition et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9largissement des services de pharmacie clinique dans les unit\u00e9s de psychiatrie pour patients hospitalis\u00e9s pourraient optimiser davantage les soins aux patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4212\/cjhp.3210","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,4]],"date-time":"2022-10-04T18:16:37Z","timestamp":1664907397000},"page":"317-325","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Time is Now for Mental Health Care: Evaluating the Impact of a Clinical Pharmacist on an Acute Mental Health Unit"],"prefix":"10.4212","volume":"75","author":[{"given":"Amy","family":"Soubolsky","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katelyn","family":"Halpape","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2732","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,3]]},"container-title":["Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cjhp-online.ca\/index.php\/cjhp\/article\/download\/3210\/4760","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cjhp-online.ca\/index.php\/cjhp\/article\/download\/3210\/4783","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cjhp-online.ca\/index.php\/cjhp\/article\/download\/3210\/4760","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,4]],"date-time":"2022-10-04T18:16:37Z","timestamp":1664907397000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cjhp-online.ca\/index.php\/cjhp\/article\/view\/3210"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,3]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4212\/cjhp.3210","relation":{},"ISSN":["1920-2903","0008-4123"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1920-2903","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0008-4123","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,3]]}}}