3050.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Adherence and Psychotropic Medication in Mental Health Treatment

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Carolyn S. Dewa, PhD
12:30 PMHuman connection: Patient satisfaction with design features of a disease management program for depression
Kelly M. Grotzinger, PhD, Arne Beck, PhD, Li-Ling Chang, PhD, Dennis H. Langer, MD, PhD
12:45 PMPrescribing patterns at hospital discharge for geriatric patients with Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder
Sandra L Tunis, PhD, Beth L. Barber, PhD, Prudence Z. Lim, MPH, William S. Edell, PhD, Mauricio Tohen, MD
1:00 PMTrends in the Use of New Antipsychotic Agents
Carolyn S Dewa, MPH, PhD, Gary Remington, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), Paula Goering, RN, PhD, Joan Fearnley, MSc
1:15 PMEthnicity and physician-patient communication about antidepressants
Betsy Sleath, PhD, Richard H. Rubin, MD
1:30 PMTelemedicine: an effective tool for improving compliance in the treatment of schizophrenia
J. Gary Linn, PhD, Judith St. Onge, PhD, Robert Levine, MD, Joseph Mangunsong, BSN, Yolanda Keglar, BSN
1:45 PMStigma and Self-Rated Illness Severity as Predictors of Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment
Jo Anne Sirey, PhD, Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH, George S. Alexopoulos, MD, Barnett S. Meyers, MD
Sponsor:Mental Health
Cosponsors:Epidemiology

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA