Adolescent Experience of Psychotropic Treatment

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-179

  Floersch, Jerry ^a   Townsend, Lisa ^b   Longhofer, Jeffrey ^b   Munson, Michelle ^b   Winbush, Victoria ^b   Kranke, Derrick ^c   Faber, Rachel ^c   Thomas, Jeremy ^c   Jenkins, Janis H ^c   Findling, Robert L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; medication management; psychiatric medication; qualitative research; subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 63049103480     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461509102292     Document Type: Article

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