Methoden om de therapietrouw bij het gebruik van antidepressiva te verbeteren

- Compliance during treatment with antidepressants is important, yet about half of the patients stop using antidepressive medication within 3 months.

- A structured treatment programme, in which the patient actively participates, with extensive education, surveillance of side effects and compliance, simple regimes, improving problem-solving behaviour and eventually engaging and educating family members and friends can improve compliance. This has been demonstrated in published studies.

- Research has shown that interventions that enhance compliance can lead to a better outcome of the depression.