Mental Health Weekly
Antipsychotic adherence remains low after first psychosis
By Valerie A. Canady.
Abstract
Medication adherence remains a significant challenge for young people following a first episode of psychosis (FEP), with new research finding that most commercially insured patients prescribed antipsychotics did not remain adherent during the first year of treatment.
Keywords
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- antipsychotic adherence
- medication adherence
- first-episode psychosis
- youth
- commercially insured patients
- treatment retention
- Open access
Source
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