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
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
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