Adolescent Experience of Psychotropic Treatment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394710
AutoresJerry Floersch (Case Western Reserve University), Lisa Townsend (0000-0003-3301-7848, Case Western Reserve University), Jeffrey Longhofer (Case Western Reserve University), Michelle R Munson (0000-0002-3415-8610, Case Western Reserve University), Michelle Munson (Case Western Reserve University), Victoria Winbush (Smith College School of Social Work), Victoria R Winbush (Smith College), Derrick Kranke (0000-0003-1641-0808, Case Western Reserve University), Rachel Faber (Case Western Reserve University), J N Thomas (0000-0003-3871-6373, Case Western Reserve University), Jeremy Thomas (Case Western Reserve University), Janis Hunter Jenkins (0000-0003-4987-3075, University of California San Diego), Robert L Findling (0000-0002-7654-5782, Case Western Reserve University)
Año2009
Volumen46
Número1
Páginas157-179
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461509102292
PMID19293284
PMCIDPMC2754777
OpenAlexW2166252703
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas38

Despite growing concern over the treatment of adolescents with psychiatric medications, little research has examined youth understandings and interpretations of mental illness and psychotropic treatment. This article reports the exploratory findings of semi-structured and open-ended interviews carried out with 20 adolescents diagnosed with one or more psychiatric disorders, and who were currently prescribed psychiatric medications. Grounded theory coding procedures were used to identify themes related to adolescent subjective experience with psychiatric medications. The categories identified are interpreted as different points of view through which adolescents understand and take action upon their illness concerns; their need for medication treatment; their perceptions of how medications work; their responses to parental and other influences upon medication treatment; and, their everyday management activities

Exploratory research · Grounded theory · Mental health · Mental illness · Perception · Psychiatric medication · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Psychotropic medication · Qualitative research · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology