| pubmed-article:21109048 | pubmed:abstractText | Nonadherence to medications for mental disorders substantially limits treatment effectiveness and results in higher rates of relapse, hospitalization, and disability. Accurate measurement of medication adherence is important not only in adherence research but also in clinical trials in which medications are being evaluated and in clinical practice where failure to detect nonadherence results in premature medication changes, unnecessary polypharmacy, and greater likelihoods of functional deteriorations and hospitalizations. This is a review of psychiatric treatment adherence methods and measures arising from a meeting on "Methodological Challenges in Psychiatric Treatment Adherence Research" held on September 27-28, 2007, in Bethesda, MD, and organized by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). | lld:pubmed |
