Why Mental Health Patients do not adhere to treatment regimens

RUNNING HEAD : Mental Health Patients ' Non-Adherence to Treatment Regimens

Non-Adherence to Treatment Regimens : Reasons of Mental Health Patients Abstract

This study will answer the question why mental health patients fail to adhere to their treatment regimens . This research is critical in nursing practice , as it will define the role of the nurses in promoting adherence . The primary assumption of this study is that the main reason for the non-adherence of the patients is the lack of monitoring on the part of the medical professionals . Moreover , the conceptual framework that will

be used for this study is the Health Belief Model (HBM . The factors of non-adherence to treatments , outcomes of non-adherence improving adherence and empirical studies related to the were presented coherently in the literature review . This current study is a qualitative research and will make use of secondary data analysis and interviews in gathering data . The subjects of this research will be doctors , nurses and patients , mainly outpatients , in an urban area . Two sets of interview schedules will be used , one for the medical professionals and another for patients

Introduction

According to Hussar (2007 , adherence is the measurement of the extent to which a person follows the prescriptions that are given to him . It is crucially important for a person to adhere to their treatments unfortunately , only about 50 percent of individuals that are given prescriptions actually follow them . Throughout the years , treatments for mental health have significantly improved however , a significant percentage of patients still choose not to...