Compliance Therapy for Patients with Schizophrenia

This practical guide is dedicated to a current problem: the description of a new method of psychotherapy for domestic specialists — compliance therapy.
The compliance therapy methodology is based on a cognitive-behavioral model of psychotherapy and utilizes the principles and approaches of motivational interviewing and the concept of readiness for change. The main goal of compliance therapy is to improve adherence to medical recommendations among patients with schizophrenia during the remission formation stage, which significantly increases the effectiveness and quality of treatment, ensures a reduction in the length of hospital stays, decreases the frequency of readmissions, enhances the quality of life for patients in this diagnostic group, and contributes to the recovery process.
The book analyzes both theoretical and specific practical and organizational issues related to the mastering and integration of the psychotherapeutic method aimed at improving patients' adherence to medical recommendations into the specialist's workflow.
The authors hope that these materials will be useful for both practicing physicians — psychotherapists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social work specialists, as well as for healthcare organizers.