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Understanding and Knowledge of Psychiatric Treatment Among Adolescents and Adults

Ido Lurie

Shalvata Mental Health Center, Israel, idolu{at}clalit.org.il

Shai Aviram

Shalvata Mental Health Center, Israel

Muli Linder

Lev-Hashron Mental Health Center, Israel

Noa Kalman

Lev-Hashron Mental Health Center, Israel

Gideon Ratzoni

Shalvata Mental Health Center, Israel

Yechiel Levkovitz

Shalvata Mental Health Center, Israel

Yuval Bloch

Shalvata Mental Health Center, Israel

We evaluated the level of adolescent psychiatric patients’ knowledge and understanding of their treatment in light of their competency to participate in decision-making processes related to their receiving treatment, and compared the adolescents’ levels of understanding and knowledge to those of adult psychiatric patients. The study group consisted of 30 adolescents and 30 adults who were randomly selected from the inpatients of our mental health center. Consenting participants were interviewed and their objective knowledge of psychiatric treatments was evaluated by a specially designed questionnaire. Adolescents knew significantly more about adverse effects of treatment and showed a higher level of comprehensive general knowledge. These data indicate that adolescents are no less knowledgeable than adults and should be regarded as competent partners in the process of therapeutic decision making.

Key Words: adolescent • competence • psychiatric treatment

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 4, 589-594 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104509338426
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