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Psychotropic medication: resistance, adherence and religious objections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel M. Beales
Daniel M. Beales*
Affiliation:
Edenfield Centre, Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust, UK (email [email protected])
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 78
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008 

Reference Mitchell and SelmesMitchell & Selmes (2007) neglect a key reference that is useful in developing our understanding of this issue. Reference Pound, Britten and YardleyPound et al (2005) conducted the qualitative equivalent of a meta-analysis of issues surrounding the way in which patients take (or don't take) their medication as prescribed. Out of this was identified the concept of ‘resistance’ to taking medication. This is a significant conceptual and practical theme. It has particular importance as it links the issue of taking psychotropic medication with taking medication in general. Resistance emphasises how taking medication interacts with a patient's sense of self and how not taking medication needs to be understood in this context.

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Mitchell, A. J. & Selmes, T. (2007) Why don't patients take their medicine? Reasons and solutions in psychiatry. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 13, 336–346.Google Scholar
Pound, P., Britten, N., Yardley, L. et al (2005) Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking. Social Science and Medicine, 61, 133–155.Google Scholar
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