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M. Lacruz

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Risk factors for partial adherence to parenteral antipsychotics in outpatients with severe mental disorders

2008

Psychiatry and Mental healthPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtySevere Mental Disordersbusiness.industryMedicinebusinessEuropean Psychiatry
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Similar subjective response and adherence rates for long-acting risperidone and conventional depots

2008

Background and Aims:Amongst oral antipsychotics, tolerance and adherence are thought to be higher with atypicals versus conventional agents. Fewer data exist for parenteral antipsychotics regarding the atypical–conventional comparison.Aim:to compare adherence rates and subjective response between long-acting risperidone (LAR) and conventional depots.Methods:Cross-sectional, naturalistic, one-site study of all outpatients with severe mental disorders treated with injectable antipsychotics over a 12–month period at one Spanish mental health unit. Different sets of broadly– and narrowly–defined criteria for adherence were calculated from mental health nurse´s registry data. Patients´ subjectiv…

Psychiatry and Mental healthmedicine.medical_specialtySubjective responseRisperidoneSevere Mental Disordersbusiness.industryInternal medicineLong acting risperidonemedicineRegistry databusinessMental healthmedicine.drugEuropean Psychiatry
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