Adherence Predictors

• Researchers have applied, with some success, health decision-making models (e.g., trans-theoretical model of behavior change) to explain the decision to initiate DMT

• The premise that a successfully initiated behavior will be maintained, however, is at odds with growing evidence that these models do not predict behavior maintenance- only initiation

• The determinants of behavior change over time, and those responsible for behavior initiation (e.g., favorable expectations) differ from those involved in behavior maintenance (e.g., satisfaction with experiences).