The CLP is the operative area where psychosomatic theories and clinical practice meet, and the moment when psychiatry meets the rest of medicine, aiming at building an efficient communication. CLP activities are founded on a good relationship with colleagues, being the referring physician the actual “first client” of a CLP intervention, even before of the patient.

We administrated an anonymous and self-compiled questionnaire to 330 doctors and head-nurses of different wards of the Modena General Hospital, questioning about their opinions on usefulness, efficiency, relevance to everyday clinical practice of the CLP Service.

109 of the 330 questionnaires were answered back (33%); 63.3% of the sample judged “very useful” our Service. 89.9% expressed positive opinion about the presence of a single, “dedicated” consultant for their ward. Most useful aspects of our intervention are considered to be: advices on psychothropic drug therapy (84.4%); talking with the patient (73.4%); interventions on the families (73.4%) and organizing care after discharge (33.9%).

Data from our study support the concept of how useful is the role of psychiatric operators in the contest of GH, and that GH ward staff seem to share this opinion. Very few studies exist on feedback to CLP activities, in spite of the relevance of the subject: being aware of needs, expectations and opinions of our colleagues is (one of) the starting points defining CLP identity and mission.