TY - JOUR
T1 - Prisoners' experiences of antipsychotic medication
T2 - Influences on adherence
AU - Mills, Alice
AU - Lathlean, Judith
AU - Bressington, Dan
AU - Forrester, Andrew
AU - van Veenhuyzen, Wilhelm
AU - Gray, Richard
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Despite the disproportionately high prevalence of serious mental illness in the prison population, little attention has been given to medication adherence amongst prisoners. To investigate adherence and satisfaction with antipsychotic medication, a mixed methods study, using clinical measures and qualitative interviews, was undertaken with 44 prisoners across three prisons. This article draws on the qualitative findings to examine prisoners' subjective experiences of medication and produces a contextualised understanding of adherence within a prison environment. The stabilising effect of the prison routine appeared to have a beneficial impact on adherence, but collecting medication from a central point in the prison seemingly discouraged compliance. In common with the quantitative data (as reported by Gray, Bressington, Lathlean, & Mills (2008) in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 19, 335-351), most respondents valued the efficacy of their medication, resulting in their adherence. This reinforces an earlier conclusion that interventions to enhance medication adherence should focus on helping patients recognise the personal relevance of medication.
AB - Despite the disproportionately high prevalence of serious mental illness in the prison population, little attention has been given to medication adherence amongst prisoners. To investigate adherence and satisfaction with antipsychotic medication, a mixed methods study, using clinical measures and qualitative interviews, was undertaken with 44 prisoners across three prisons. This article draws on the qualitative findings to examine prisoners' subjective experiences of medication and produces a contextualised understanding of adherence within a prison environment. The stabilising effect of the prison routine appeared to have a beneficial impact on adherence, but collecting medication from a central point in the prison seemingly discouraged compliance. In common with the quantitative data (as reported by Gray, Bressington, Lathlean, & Mills (2008) in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 19, 335-351), most respondents valued the efficacy of their medication, resulting in their adherence. This reinforces an earlier conclusion that interventions to enhance medication adherence should focus on helping patients recognise the personal relevance of medication.
KW - Adherence
KW - Antipsychotic
KW - Experiences
KW - Prisoners
KW - Qualitative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951818018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14789949.2010.509804
DO - 10.1080/14789949.2010.509804
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951818018
VL - 22
SP - 110
EP - 125
JO - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
SN - 1478-9949
IS - 1
ER -