SATISFACTION WITH THE INFORMATION RECEIVED TO THE PATIENTS UNDER TREATMENT WITH PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

Abstract

Statement of the problem Our objective in this study is to Know the perception of adverse effects in patients who are being treated with psychotropic medication. We have not found in the reviewed literature another study that emphasizes analysing the factors that influence the perception of side effects of users of psychotropic medication. The incidence of adeverse effects and the information about the effects in patients is a subject not very well Known. There are not many bibliographical references on the degree of satisfaction of the patients about the information received on the effects of the medication they use1,2. A particularly area is the adverse effects3,4,5 of some psychotropic drugs, since in anxious patient, the medication they take may influence their sexual desire, which may contribute to additional anxiety that can be difficult to control. It is in this group of patients, those who take psychotropic medication prescribed in outpatient consultations in general medicine and psychiatry that we have done our research.