Objective The study examined the effect of medication noncompliance and substance abuse
on symptoms of schizophrenia. Methods Short-term inpatients with a diagnosis of …

The relationship between use of alcohol and street drugs and compliance with prescribed
medication before admission to an acute psychiatric inpatient setting was studied in 42 …

OBJECTIVE: The study sought to identify predictors of noncompliance with medication in a
cohort of patients with schizophrenia after discharge from acute hospitalization. METHODS …

Rationale Short-and long-term compliance to prescribed antipsychotic drugs is of particular
concern in regard to medication choice and treatment outcome in the care of psychotic …

Objective: Nonadherence to prescribed antipsychotic medications places patients with
schizophrenia at a greatly increased risk of illness exacerbation and rehospitalization …

Poor compliance with medication has been reported in up to 40 percent of outpatients with
schizophrenia. This study examines the relationship between compliance with depot …

Advances in psychopharmacology have produced medications with substantial efficacy in
the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and the prevention of …

Objective. To identify clinically useful predictors of adherence to medication among persons
with schizophrenia. Method. We evaluated levels of compliance with neuroleptic medication …

Objective: Previous cross-sectional studies have suggested an association between
medication nonadherence and hospitalization for individuals with schizophrenia. However …

Medication non-compliance, a pervasive problem among persons with serious, chronic
mental illness, has been linked to increased inpatient resources use in public mental health …