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POOR COMPLIANCE AS A SIGN OF DEPRESSION. Why might an elderly man stop his medication?

Tanvi Acharya ; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Emmanuel College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Mark Agius ; Clare College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Sažetak

With only half of individuals prescribed medication actually taking it, the reasons behind non-compliance warrant a thorough
understanding. This paper reviews the factors behind medication non-adherence with a special interest in the link between
depression and non-compliance. Whilst this link has been evidenced, we propose that non-compliance could be a presenting sign of underlying depression. Implications of the role of depression as a cause of non-compliance - in particular, why a patient might suddenly stop taking their medication - are discussed; further, early intervention to circumvent a major depressive episode could be implemented if recognition of sudden non-compliance is used by clinicians as a diagnostic tool to alert them to screen the patient for depression.

Ključne riječi

depression; non-compliance; early intervention

Hrčak ID:

263017

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/263017

Datum izdavanja:

21.11.2018.

Posjeta: 646 *