I am putting together a talk that I will be delivering next month in Princeton as a grand rounds lecture to psychiatrists and other clinicians. The name of the talk is:
“Controversies in Psychiatric Treatment: A patient/reporter discusses compliance.”
Psychiatry is only starting to wake up to the issue, and you can make a strong case that noncompliance is the number one obstacle to our stabilization, remission, and recovery.
According to one study, 50 percent of us are not fully compliant...
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