ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2012
To adhere or not, and what we can do to help.
Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mental Health Service Engagement Among Underserved Minority Adolescents and Young Adults: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Pooled it
- Lived experiences of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents during olanzapine treatment: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Perceived Barriers to Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Adapting the Customized Adherence Enhancement Intervention.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2025Article
- Parent- and therapist-rated treatment satisfaction following routine child cognitive-behavioral therapy.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
- Treatment satisfaction following routine outpatient cognitive-behavioral therapy of adolescents with mental disorders: a triple perspective of patients, parents and therapists.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Article
- Child and Adolescent Adherence With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety: Predictors and Associations With Outcomes.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2019Article
- Identifying the determinants of perceived quality in outpatient child and adolescent mental health services from the perspectives of parents and patients.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Article
- Common Factors in Pediatric Psychiatry: A Review of Essential and Adjunctive Mechanisms of Treatment Outcome.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2017Review
- Adherence of 13-17 Year Old Adolescents to Medicinal and Non-pharmacological Treatment in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: Special Focus on Relative Clinical and Family Factors.Child psychiatry and human development · 2015Article
- Psychopharmacological treatment in children: always keeping an eye on adherence and ethics.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2013Article
- European child and adolescent psychiatry-endorse the importance of prospective longitudinal study designs.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2012Article
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Abstract
Two factors predict treatment outcome, how effective the treatment is and whether the patient takes or follows the treatment plan. As clinicians or scientists, we strive to develop newer and more effective treatments, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological to improve treatment outcome in our patient population. Adherence is the single most modifiable factor associated with treatment outcome, yet how often is the issue of adherence addressed in clinical consultations? The best treatment is rendered useless if not adhered to. Initial adherence rates are low and get worse with time, but methodological difficulties in studies make it difficult to determine both the clinical implication of suboptimal adherence and successful strategies. Further research should apply more rigour to the area of definition and measurement, be sufficiently powered and long term, and measure possible confounders, to allow for an understanding on the link and impact between adherence and clinical outcome. This article reviews some of the main issues with regard to adherence and cost implications of suboptimal adherence and suggests future directions.
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