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More than three quarters of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder admit to sometimes not following treatment recommendations, with 54% reporting that they do this intentionally, a small-scale survey has found. The study also found that 29% of respondents were happy with not following their recommended treatment regimes. Of those deliberately doing something different to what is recommended, 63% were likely to take less medication than prescribed and specified side-effects as the main reason for this. These findings, published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, are based on the ‘Understanding Service User Treatment Choices’ study carried out by mental health charity
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