Objective: The aim of the present study is to adapt the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) to Turkish, examine the reliability and validity of the scale among bipolar mood disorder patients and examine the relationship between mood stabilizers' blood drug levels and adherence to treatment. Methods: The sample comprised 59 bipolar mood disorder (BMD) patients in Gaziantep University Şahinbey Research and Practice Hospital Psychiatry Department Mood Disorder Clinic, who met the study

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... ements and who was diagnosed with BMD. The inclusion criterion for patients was to be euthymic at the time of the study. After examining the linguistic equivalence of the scale, its reliability and validity were assessed. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were performed for reliability analysis; factor analysis was performed in order to determine construct