Alireza G. Nejad, MD, Fatemeh Pouya, MSc. edication non-compliance is a major
contributing factor to therapeutic failure in psychiatry practice. Medication non-compliance …

Throughout the world, medication noncompliance is one of the major problems in psychiatric
treatment. We have experienced this obstacle almost daily in our outpatient clinics in Iran …

Background: It has been predictable that up to 60% of any patient population is at least
partially non-adherent to their prescribed treatment. Identifying barriers to commitment is …

Background: Studies have shown that more than 50% of patients usually do not adhere at
least partially to their prescribed treatments. Knowing and identifying barriers that prevent or …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Compliance with the medication has a direct relation to the
outcome of patients under treatment. Various factors influence the compliance to treatment …

Dr. Charles Everett Koop, a former US Surgeon General once said,“Drugs don't work in
patients who don't take them”[1]. This editorial invites readers to dedicate their time and …

Medical compliance has been defined as “the extent to which the patient's behavior
coincides with medical or health advice.” The antiquity of non-adherence gets documented …

Objective: To determine the frequency of non-compliance among the patients of epilepsy
and factors related to the presence of non-compliance at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan …

Objective: To find out the frequency and reason for non-compliance to medication in a
sample of psychiatric outpatients. Design: It'sa descriptive and cross sectional observation …

Background: Non-compliance to medicine is the number one cause of increasing disability
in chronic mental illness. Psychiatric disorders are growing public health concern. The …