Attitudes toward psychiatric drug treatment: The experience of being treated

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1063-1067

  De Las Cuevas, Carlos ^a   Sanz, Emilio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Concordance; General population; Outpatients; Psychiatric drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICINES QUESTIONNAIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ATTITUDE INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 35248844992     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-007-0358-5     Document Type: Article

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