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Patients’ health literacy in psychotic disorders

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Compliance and relapse are major issues in the treatment of psychotic disorders. About 50% of subjects with schizophrenia do not comply with treatment and relapse rates of 65% are reported after one year and 80% after two years. Drug treatments are effective against psychotic symptoms, but cannot promote functional recovery or prevent relapses when prescribed alone. The factors influencing compliance include side effects and the patients' awareness of their illness. Psychosocial interventions, cognitive remediation and psychotherapy have been proposed as adjuvant treatments to increase compliance and to decrease the rate of relapse. Most of these interventions have been shown to increase compliance and to decrease the rate of relapse, but the most robust results have been achieved with cognitive behavioral therapy.

Source: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

DOI: 10.2147/ndt.a915

Authors: Ghassen Saba, Lila Mékaoui, Marion Leboyer, Franck Schürhoff

Institutions: Inserm, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Albert-Chenevier, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,836