Hello Everyone. It is Monday and I am knee deep in research articles about medication non-adherence.
So far it is a fascinating topic and a big one in psychiatry. The gist is that roughly 60% of individuals prescribed medications for psychiatric disorders to not take their medications appropriately. Some individuals take too much, some too little. Some individuals are forgetful, others are defiant. Either way the side effects and risks of taking these medications alone are frightful. To me it seems that non-adherence is like a prescription for side effects without feeling any of the intended benefit. Non-adherence is a significant problem and it has many factors.
Also this quarter I get to read the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders as my text book. After 40 pages of reading about ADHD I was ready to self diagnose. Most disorders require someone to meet 5 out of 8 diagnostic criteria which seems somewhat easy to do... at least for me. I wonder if hypochondria is coming up soon?
Here's an oldie that is stuck in my head this week. I heard it while I was out and about somewhere and haven't stopped listening to it since.
This is Once in a lifetime by the Talking Heads
Until next time, keep it the same as it ever was.
EO
I was just wondering this weekend if you liked the Talking Heads or David Byrne. Funny. We've been listening to an album of his recently . . . Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. It is so good. I thought of you and wondered if you had heard it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting too, to hear what you are reading about. Goodness. I wish we would have had the time to actually connect this spring when we saw each other. It was rough for me (and I was/am so sad anyway), though I am glad that you were able to to connect with the fellas. They loved it!
Much love to you and the Mrs.