Do you live with a mental illness, or are you associated with someone who has a mental health condition? Then this video may just provide you with some answers. Medications are an important part of treating mental illness, yet it can be quite frustrating - as well as risky - when someone who is meant to be on a medication stops taking them. Why does this happen?
There are a number of reasons.
In this video, we tackle 4 of them, to hopefully shed some light on genuine reasons poor compliance with prescribed medication may happen - and possible ways to prevent this from happening.
Let us know in the comments what you think of it.
#1 Medication side effects - 02.22"
#2 Feeling Medication is no longer necessary - 03.51"
#3 Feeling Medication isn't working, anyway - 05.59"
#4 Lack of Good Social Support - 07.30"
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Dr Sylvia Kama-Kieghe is a General Practitioner and Urgent Care professional with nearly 20 years of practice in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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