Clinical Compass - Does Religious Belief Influence Medication Adherence in People with Schizophrenia?


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Does Religious Belief Influence Medication Adherence in People with Schizophrenia?

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	FROM THE CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE CENTER Does Religious Belief Influence Medication Adherence in People with Schizophrenia? A new study has examined the relationship of religion and spirituality to medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia. There is a growing amount of literature suggesting that religion and spirituality may provide a positive effect on patients with schizophrenia - particularly for those patients whose social life and personal identity have become diminished by the chronic course of the diseases. For other patients, however, religion can have a negative impact on the outcome of mental disorders, particularly when it replaces or delays medical treatment. Some patients may refuse medical care, especially psychiatric care, because of their religious beliefs. Read entire story Back to top
	THIS ISSUE'S COMPASS QUESTION™ Your response to this issue's Compass Question™ will be added to an ongoing needs assessment for educational programming in this important area. Responses to this issue's question will be reported in an upcoming issue. Based on this study of patients with schizophrenia, I plan to initiate a dialogue about religious/spiritual beliefs: At every visit When the patient makes reference to it When a family member brings it up During the holidays Never Responses from our last Compass Question™ In the 01.16.07 issue of Clinical Compass, we posed two questions. The first question was: "According to guidelines published by the American Diabetes Association/American Psychiatric Association, the protocol for patients who take atypical antipsychotics should include monitoring of:" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded: 94% - Weight 81% - Waist circumference 90% - Lipids 94% - Glucose 78% - Blood pressure 63% - Personal/family history The second question was: "I currently record baseline metabolic parameters for my patients who take atypical antipsychotics:" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded: 34% - Once per year 45% - Every visit 14% - Every other visit 7% - Never Back to top
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