Medication nonadherence (MNA) poses a significant challenge in the management of major
psychiatric disorders. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of …

Background Medications are an essential treatment modality of mental disorders. There is
limited scientific literature on medication non-adherence among patients in Severe Mental …

Objectives Pharmacophilia and pharmacophobia have positive and negative effects on
treatment outcomes. There exist lacune of information on these phenomena in middle east …

Recent studies estimate that between 30% to 50% of the population does not adhere to their
prescribed therapies, and one of the reasons is pharmacophobia. Pharmacophobia is a fear …

Background: The patient's understanding of the illness may mediate beliefs towards its
treatment. There is a paucity of studies examining the relationships between these variables …

Pharmacophobia is a form of phobia with a Greek root where 'pharmakon'means drug or
medicine and 'phobos' means fear. Therefore, pharmacophobia is fear of medication use or …

Background: In spite of many progresses in treatment of psychiatric disorders, medication
nonadherence plays an important role in worsening of clinical condition and affects quality …

Amaç Bu araştırma kronik ruhsal bozukluğu olan hastaların tıp dışı yardım arama
davranışları ve ilaç uyum düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem Bu …

Objectives: The study was done (1) to evaluate the attitude of patients toward medications
related to psychiatric illnesses and (2) to determine the association of attitude with …

The recent data from the World Health Organization reported an increase of 13% in mental
health conditions and substance use in the last decade [1] In India, 14.3% of population is …