Partial adherence to antipsychotic medication impacts the course of illness in patients with schizophrenia: a review

PS Masand, M Roca, MS Turner… - … care companion to the …, 2009 - legacy.psychiatrist.com
Objective: Although many clinicians acknowledge the occurrence of adherence problems
with medication regimens among patients with schizophrenia, the problem shows no sign of …

Understanding and addressing adherence issues in schizophrenia: from theory to practice

PJ Weiden - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2007 - psychiatrist.com
If an easy answer to the problem of medication nonadherence in schizophrenia existed, it
would have already been found. Despite the magnitude of the problem, in the past decade …

Antipsychotic medication adherence in schizophrenia

MJ Byerly, PA Nakonezny, E Lescouflair - Psychiatric Clinics of North …, 2007 - Elsevier
For individuals who have schizophrenia, adherence to medication is often poor, and
stopping medication often has serious consequences. This article provides an update on …

Interventions to improve adherence to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia–a review of the past decade

E Barkhof, CJ Meijer, LMJ de Sonneville… - European …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveNonadherence to antipsychotic medication is highly prevalent in patients with
schizophrenia and has a deleterious impact on the course of the illness. This review seeks …

Strategies for improving treatment adherence in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

DC Goff, M Hill, O Freudenreich - The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2010 - psychiatrist.com
Nonadherence with medication treatment is common but difficult to detect in patients with
schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia, almost half of whom take less than 70% of …

Medication adherence in schizophrenia: factors influencing adherence and consequences of nonadherence, a systematic literature review

K Higashi, G Medic, KJ Littlewood… - Therapeutic …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Nonadherence to medication is a recognized problem and may be the most
challenging aspect of treatment. Methods: We performed a systematic review of factors that …

Antipsychotic adherence over time among patients receiving treatment for schizophrenia: a retrospective review

M Valenstein, D Ganoczy, JF McCarthy… - J Clin …, 2006 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Approximately 40% of patients with schizophrenia are poorly adherent to their
antipsychotics at any given time. However, little is known about patients' adherence over …

Medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia

SV Phan - The International Journal of Psychiatry in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Medication nonadherence is common among patients with schizophrenia and due to a
variety of factors including lack of insight, psychopathology, substance use disorder, issues …

Improving treatment adherence in your patients with schizophrenia: the STAY initiative

F Canas, K Alptekin, JM Azorin, V Dubois… - Clinical drug …, 2013 - Springer
Partial and non-adherence to medication is a common problem in schizophrenia, leading to
an increased risk of relapse, increased likelihood of hospitalization and poorer long-term …

Epidemiology, clinical consequences, and psychosocial treatment of nonadherence in schizophrenia

S Leucht, S Heres - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2006 - psychiatrist.com
Partial adherence and nonadherence to medication continue to be problems in the
treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Nonadherence to medication has a negative …