ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem
The meaning of pharmacological treatment for schizophrenic patients.
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- Experiences of taking neuroleptic medication and impacts on symptoms, sense of self and agency: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative data.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Pooled it
- Antipsychotics and Identity: The Adverse Effect No One is Talking About.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Self-stigma profiles in schizophrenia: a Latent Class Analysis approach.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Making Sense of Recovery From First Psychosis With Antipsychotic Medication: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
- The Medication Experience: A Concept Analysis.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveto understand the meaning of medication therapy for schizophrenic patients and formulate a theoretical model about the study phenomenon.
methoda qualitative approach was employed, using Symbolic Interactionism as the theoretical and Grounded Theory as the methodological framework. The research was developed between 2008 and 2010 at three community mental health services in the interior of the State of São Paulo - Brazil. Thirty-six patients and thirty-six family members were selected through theoretical sampling. The data were mainly collected through open interviews and observation and simultaneously analyzed through open, axial and selective coding.
resultsthe meaning of the pharmacotherapy is centered on the phenomenon "Living with a help that bothers", which expresses the patients' ambivalence towards the medication and determines their decision making. The insight, access, limitations for self-administration of the drugs and interactions with family members and the health team influenced the patient's medication-related behavior.
conclusionthe theory presented in this study provides a comprehensive, contextualized, motivational and dynamic understanding of the relation the patient experiences and indicates potentials and barriers to follow the medication treatment.
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