Subjectivity as "evidence": an exploration of medication adherence in the treatment of schizophrenia using in-depth interviews. Issue 2 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ringwald, Whitney
• Is Part Of: Journal of progressive human services. Volume 30:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 91
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Schizophrenia -- Foucault -- evidence-based practice -- medication adherence; Social service -- United States -- Periodicals; Radicalism -- United States -- Periodicals; 361.97305
• DOI: 10.1080/10428232.2018.1460991
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-8232

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Anti-psychotic medication is considered one of the most efficaciousinterventions for the treatment of severe schizophrenia, yet ratesof adherence are notoriously and consistently low despite volumesof medical research. Scientific knowledge has failed to improvemedication adherence because it systematically rejects subjectiveexperience in conceptualizing mental illness. In this paper, thecontent of interviews with people diagnosed with schizophreniareceiving Assertive Community Treatment are interpreted from aFoucaldian perspective to illuminate how disciplinary assumptionsperpetuate power inequities and may be a barrier to adequateresearch generation and effective treatments. Implications for futureresearch methodology and clinical approaches are discussed.