Adherence to Mental Health Treatment

by Peter F. Buckley, Adriana E. Foster, Anatasia Wernert, et al.

Patients' failure to complete a simple prescription course presents a tremendous public health problem and a considerable challenge for practicing clinicians. For those with chronic mental illnesses, non-adherence is an even greater problem than in other patient populations and substantially lowers the possibility of improvement or recovery. Additionally, adherence to treatment is further undermined by impairments in insight that often accompany mental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195384334
• ISBN13: 9780195384338
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.7" x 7.6"