Are depot antipsychotics more coercive than tablets?: The patient's perspective

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1483-1489

  Patel, M X ^a   De Zoysa, N ^a   Bernadt, M ^a   Bindman, J ^a   David, A S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antipsychotic agents; attitude; coercion; delayed action preparation; patients; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TABLET FORMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COERCION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TABLETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957997472     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109103133     Document Type: Article

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