Studying medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia
Autor: | Ramy Ali Ryad, Marwa Sultan, Nesreen Mohamed Mohsen, Reem El Sayad Hashem, Afaf Hamed Khalil, Doaa Barakat |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | Middle East Current Psychiatry. 23:27-34 |
ISSN: | 2090-5408 |
DOI: | 10.1097/01.xme.0000475315.51718.d6 |
Popis: | BackgroundAntipsychotic medications are considered to be the mainstay treatment for schizophrenia. Overall, 50–75% of patients with schizophrenia will relapse within a year if their antipsychotics are discontinued, compared with just 25% of patients who continue their medications. Thus, understandin |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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