A theoretical approach to medication adherence for children and youth with psychiatric disorders

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Charach, Alice ^a,c,d   Volpe, Tiziana ^b,d   Boydell, Katherine M ^a,c,d   Gearing, Robin E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Children; Medication adherence; Psychopharmacology; Psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 42249106341     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220802069715     Document Type: Review

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