Schizophrenia: attitudes of patients and professional carers towards the illness and antipsychotic medication.

BACKGROUND: Non-compliance with antipsychotic medication is known to be one of the major reasons for relapse in patients with schizophrenia. Carers might be able to reduce noncompliance by enhancing the patient's knowledge about the illness and antipsychotic medication and by carrying out regu...

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Main Authors: Rettenbacher, M, Burns, T, Kemmler, G, Fleischhacker, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004