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Improving treatment adherence among patients with chronic psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anjum Sair ,
Kamaldeep Bhui ,
Shujina Haq  and
Geraldine Strathdee
Anjum Sair
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital
Kamaldeep Bhui*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital
Shujina Haq
Affiliation:
King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry
Geraldine Strathdee
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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This paper presents the literature on compliance as an ideology and then examines strategies to improve patient outcomes if non-compliance is identified as undermining the treatment regimen. We present strategies used by our team in a south London rehabilitation service for the severely mentally ill.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 77 - 81
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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