Review of "Your Medicine"

by Dr James Kennedy

“Despite the availability of increasingly effective psychotropic medications, treatment noncompliance is an ongoing problem. This problem is faced continually by those trying to provide effective treatments for clients suffering from mental illnesses. Noncompliance is being addressed in many ways, including the use of long acting depot preparations; however, central to all efforts is patient education and patient empowerment. To help realize the potential in these areas, "Your Medicine" is a series of workbooks and instructor's manuals written for use in behavioral health programs. In reviewing them, I found they provide a framework to help clients be more comfortable with their medication through empowering them with skills needed to obtain critical information about their medication. Information from sources as basic as the prescription bottle itself, all the way up to those prescribing the medication. This knowledge inspires confidence about their medications and increased awareness of the importance of medicine compliance.”