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Lithium Maintenance: 1. A Standard Education Programme for Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Malcolm Peet  and
Norman S. Harvey
Malcolm Peet
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU
Norman S. Harvey
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 3JF
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Abstract

A videotape lecture and written hand-out containing factual information about lithium were given to 30 attenders at a lithium clinic. A further 30 patients acted as a control group and were not given the programme until later in the study. The educational programme resulted in substantial and significant increases in patient knowledge about lithium, such that knowledge increased from a baseline comparable with that of social workers to a level similar to that of community psychiatric nurses. Patients' attitudes to lithium also became more favourable after education.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 197 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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