Effectiveness Of Interventions To Improve Medication Adherence In Bipolar Disorder
Key Messages
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 50% of patients from developed countries with chronic disease do not use their medications as recommended.
In bipolar disorder (BD) non-adherence to medication has been associated with a range of poor clinical outcomes including higher rates of hospital admission, higher rates of suicide, and recurrence of acute episodes, particularly mania.
Rates of relapse in BD have been reported to be as high as 40% in the first year, 60% in the second year, …
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