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A selected review of the literature and an empirical analysis of drug treatment compliance by schizophrenic patients
Author(s) -
Pool Vaira Eve,
Elder S Thomas
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1986.tb00959.x
Subject(s) - compliance (psychology) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , drug , psychiatry , psychology , drug treatment , drug compliance , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology
One of the significant issues in the treatment of schizophrenic patients is their nonadherence to medication. While maintenance without medication may be possible for a minority of this group (Gardos and Cole, 1976; Cheung, 1981), most authorities believe that drug therapy should be continued indefinitely, particularly in view of the substantial risk of relapse when medication is discontinued (Prien and Klett, 1972). Davis (1975) reported that the evidence for the efficacy of neuroleptics in preventing relapse was substantial.