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Lithium Maintenance: 2. Effects of Personality and Attitude on Health Information Acquisition and Compliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Norman S. Harvey  and
Malcolm Peet
Norman S. Harvey*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 3JF
Malcolm Peet*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU
*
†Correspondence, part 2
∗Correspondence, part 1
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Abstract

During a controlled education programme, the medication compliance of 60 attenders at a lithium clinic was tested using reported tablet omissions and intra-erythrocytic lithium levels. Both measures improved, along with patients' knowledge and attitude. These effects were examined and related to aspects of obsessional trait and health locus of control.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 200 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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Footnotes

Copies of the video-tape and information hand-out, and the LKT and LAQ, are available as a package from Sheffield University Television, Sheffield S10 2TN.

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