Open AccessPsychosocial correlates of medication adherence in patients with depressive illness
Author(s) -
Jyoti Prakash,
YK Yadav,
Kalpana Srivastava,
Tara Madhusudan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_78_19
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , medication adherence , depression (economics) , psychiatry , antidepressant medication , disease , antidepressant , depressive symptoms , social support , affect (linguistics) , beck depression inventory , psychology , anxiety , psychotherapist , communication , economics , macroeconomics
Nonadherence to medication is common in depressive illness and the same may lead to increased risk of relapse, morbidity, burden of care, and avoidable health cost. Factors which may cause nonadherence are multiple.