Bipolar Disorder: Keys to Improving Compliance

Bipolar Disorder: Keys to Improving Compliance

Non-adherence to prescribed medication by patients with psychiatric disorders is one of the greatest challenges reported by clinicians: “Over the course of a year, about three-quarters of patients prescribed psychotropic medications will discontinue, often coming to the decision themselves.” Dr Julie Carbray of the University Illinois-Chicago presented “Partnering for Recovery: Reaching Concordance with Psychopharmacology in the midst of Bipolar Disorder” at PsychCongress in Orlando, Florida in 2014.