title: Promoting adherence to psychotropic medication for youth-part 1.
abstract: Failure to adhere to medication regimens can lead to unnecessary disease progression, disease complications, reduced functional abilities, lower quality of life, and even death. Medication adherence for children taking psychotropic agents poses many special challenges for health care professionals, as there is a little empirical basis for improving adherence. In Part 1 of this two-part series, the limited literature on the topic of psychotropic medication adherence for youth is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA. tmcg@uab.edu
authors.forename: Teena M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Worley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs