Motivational Interviewing and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Motivational Interviewing and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
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DOI:
10.1097/chi.0b013e3181930660
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发表时间:
2009-02-01
影响因子:
13.3
通讯作者:
Weiss, Gony
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作者:
Dilallo, John J.;Weiss, Gony
In the comprehensive mental health care of an adolescent, psychiatric medication often plays a vital role in addressing debilitating symptoms and improving social functioning. However, although estimates specific to adolescents are limited, psychiatric patients frequently do not adhere to prescribed medications over time. 1 In turn, medication nonadherence predicts psychiatric hospitalization, treatment failure, and other poor outcomes. 2A growing literature attests to the quality of the therapeutic alliance as a central influence on patient adherence to psychiatric medication and other recommended therapies. 3Y5 A prescription’s effectiveness can depend significantly on the relationship in which it is made. Descriptions of effective Bpsychopharmacotherapy [with children and adolescents emphasize forming empathic alliances with both patients and parents, early introduction of medication as a possible treatment option, assessment of family, school and social contexts, promoting self-acceptance and hope for the future, and ongoing attention to the particular meanings assigned to medication by the developing child. 6Y8 Such descrip-