title: Telemonitoring of medication adherence in patients with major mental illness: watching the patient as well as the pills.
abstract: Many patients with major mental illness do not take their medication. This leads to repeated relapses. Some of these patients are managed by clinicians who visit the patient seven days a week long term and supervise their taking of medication. This paper explores the design and implementation of an Android telemonitoring application to supervise patients taking medication in their homes.
authors.affiliation: Monash University and Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia. norman.zimmerman@southernhealth.org.au
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D023801:Directly Observed Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*