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Health beliefs and compliance with antipsychotic medication
Author(s) -
Budd Richard J.,
Hughes Ian C. T.,
Smith John A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - compliance (psychology) , psychology , locus of control , drug compliance , antipsychotic , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , health belief model , psychosis , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , public health , social psychology , health education , pharmacology , nursing
The utility of the Health Belief Model to explain compliance with depot neuroleptic medication is examined. Perceived severity, susceptibility and benefits were found to be related to compliance, although costs were not. In addition, insight, knowledge about schizophrenia and health locus of control were not found to be related to compliance.