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What do patients with psychotic and mood disorders know about their illness and medication?
Abstract
While there are several papers on psychoeducation in the literature, there is a paucity of publications on patients\' knowledge of their diagnosis and treatment. The overall management of psychiatric patients includes informing them about their diagnosis and treatment, as part of their psychoeducation. Psychoeducation can be defined as the education of a person with a psychiatric disorder about their diagnosis and treatment to assist the goals of treatment and rehabilitation,1 i.e. to increase patients\' knowledge about, and insight into, their illness and its treatment. This knowledge enables them to cope more effectively with their disorder, thereby improving their prognosis.
South African Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 14 (3) 2008: pp. 84-90
