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Acceptance, coping strategies and health behaviors in bipolar disorder patients taking and not taking lithium carbonate.
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Abstract
backgroundThe variety of dysfunctions in bipolar disorder (BD) affects patients' perceptions of the diagnosis, acceptance, and illness. Treatment of people with BD includes pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Maintaining long-term therapy is difficult, related to the patients' overall approach to health. The aim was to assess health attitudes in people with BD treated with different mood stabilizers. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE: The study group included 40 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Participants were divided into two groups depending on the medication taken: a group taking lithium (
results85% of the respondents stopped taking medication at least once without the doctor's knowledge. People taking lithium had a significantly lower acceptance of the disease (
conclusionsAttitudes towards health, understood as acceptance of the disease, coping with stress, and health behaviors are average. It is advisable to develop an optimal approach to activities connected with the daily health maintenance of the patients in order to better cope with the disease and its symptoms.
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