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Health psychologist Rob Horne explains why medication non-adherence is such a problem, and how behavioural science can help to address it.
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- Laura Vargas-Parada
- Laura Vargas-Parada
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A treatment can be effective only if a person takes it as prescribed — but many people choose not to do so. Rob Horne, a health psychologist at University College London, spoke to Nature about how the psychology of non-adherence can help people get the most from their treatments.
Nature 657, S13 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02658-3
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