Becoming adherent to antipsychotics: A qualitative study of treatment-experienced schizophrenia patients

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 888-892

  Tranulis, Constantin ^a,c   Goff, Donald ^b,c   Henderson, David C ^b,c   Freudenreich, Oliver ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUST;

EID: 79961103273     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.8.pss6208_0888     Document Type: Article

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