Factors Increasing Noncompliance of Psychiatric Patients Undergoing for Psychotropic Therapy

Abstract

Introduction: The positive result of the treatment regimen mainly depends on the adherence of the patients towards the instruction given by the physician and termed as the noncompliance or incomplete adherence to treatment. Methods: The present study aimed to descriptively analyze and identify the reasons that increasing the incomplete adherence for psychotropic therapy based on information retrieved from the patient and their relatives in Institute of Mental Hospital (IMH), Chennai.90 participants were interrogated using a structured questioner by purposive-sampling procedure after receiving their informed consent. Results: The present study showed the involvement of different factors such as pre – mature stopping the drug regimen (28.8%), buying lesser quantity of the drugs than prescribed by physicians (24.4%), and irregular drug consuming (23.3%). The present study importance of creating the awareness regarding the optimal follow- ups and emphasized the advices regarding the changing the mental health service regimes.  The patients and relatives should be given the psychological based awareness for reducing the noncompliance on the psychotropic regimes.