This prospective study measured adherence to conventional and atypical antipsychotics after hospital discharge in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. We examined the interaction of several predictors such as gender, severity of illness, attitudes toward medications, side effects, and dose frequency.
Department of Psychiatry and the Treatment Research Program, Yale University, 34 Park Street, Room 273A, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. esperanza.diaz@yale.edu