This study was conducted to assess the drug compliance and factors associated to it among patients treated with oral psychotropic drugs attending Psychiatric outpatient department of a selected Tertiary care hospital, Kolkata.

Methods: A non-experimental descriptive approach was adopted in this study. 30 samples were selected by purposive sampling from patients attending psychiatric OPD. Study period was for two weeks in the month of May 2019.

Results: (57%) of the population under study were females,40% were in the age group of 20-40yrs,36% found to have under graduate level of education. All were taking more than one drug.26% of the sample was case of Depression and 20% were having BPAD. This study brought out that all the patients were drug complained. All the participants (100%) felt that complex medication prescription, delayed onset of effect and non availability of medication were strongly responsible for psychotropic drug non compliance.

Conclusion: Improving medication compliance in persons with mentally ill holds the potential for reducing morbidity and suffering of patients and their families.

Keywords: Compliance, Psychotropic drugs, Tertiary care hospital, Psychiatric OPD.

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Sindhu Gopal

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