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- Title
Adolescent attitudes toward psychiatric medication: the utility of the Drug Attitude Inventory.
- Authors
Townsend, Lisa; Floersch, Jerry; Findling, Robert L
- Abstract
Despite the effectiveness of psychotropic treatment for alleviating symptoms of psychiatric disorders, youth adherence to psychotropic medication regimens is low. Adolescent adherence rates range from 10-80% (Swanson, 2003; Cromer & Tarnowski, 1989; Lloyd et al., 1998; Brown, Borden, and Clingerman, 1985; Sleator, 1985) depending on the population and medication studied. Youth with serious mental illness face increased potential for substance abuse, legal problems, suicide attempts, and completed suicide (Birmaher & Axelson, 2006). Nonadherence may increase the potential for negative outcomes. The Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI) was created to measure attitudes toward neuroleptics and to predict adherence in adults (Hogan, Awad, & Eastwood, 1983). No studies have been identified that have used this instrument in adolescent psychiatric populations. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of the DAI for measuring medication attitudes and predicting adherence in adolescents diagnosed with mental health disorders.
- Publication
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 12, p1523
- ISSN
1469-7610
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02113.x