Attitude toward medication and perceived competence among chronically psychotic patients.
19 chronically psychotic outpatients who had consistently expressed doubt about their need for psychotropic medication provided significantly more inflated estimates of their performance on a problem-solving task than 18 subjects who had not expressed such skepticism. The findings are consistent with the view that the observed relationship between denial of deficits and noncompliance with treatment among psychotic individuals is a function of a broader pattern of self-deception.
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Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry/HHC, Community Support Systems, New York, NY 10027, USA. CSSTod@Juno.com
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D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness / Q000187:drug effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000187:drug effects; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents