Does the patients take their medicine regularly?
KLINIK PSIKOFARMAKOLOJI BULTENI-BULLETIN OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.19, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 19
- Publication Date: 2009
- Journal Name: KLINIK PSIKOFARMAKOLOJI BULTENI-BULLETIN OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Keywords: Medication adherence, psyco-pharmacologic therapy, pschiatric patient, patient's relative
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Introduction: Medication is the commonly used method of therapy in psychiatry. As noncompliance with medication necessitates repeated hospitalizations, this raises an annoyance both for the patients and their families. Therefore, it is important to determine of how the patients are using their medication and the reasons of inordinate medication usage from both the patients' and their relatives' points of view.