The association between personal stigma and adherence to treatment in patients diagnosed with bipolar mood disorder, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia
Lucas H. Viscardi,
Victoria Rosa,
Felipe Vilanova
et al.
Abstract:Research has highlighted that some types of mental disorders are associated with widespread discrimination and stigma, phenomena that negatively affect adherence. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between stigma and adherence to pharmacological treatment in patients diagnosed with bipolar mood disorder (BD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia (SZ). A total of 112 patients (age range: 20-68 years, Median age = 42.08; SD age = 12.02) from Brazil (38.4% ADH… Show more
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