19 parent–child dyads to investigate the relationship of parent and teenager attitudes towards medication, selfefficacy in decision-making, and current involvement in decisions on psychiatric medication, with self-reported concordance. It was identified that the opinions and beliefs of parents greatly influenced their children’s views, both positively and negatively. Given that children rarely make treatment decisions without the involvement of their parents, it is vital to include not only the young person, but also their parents, with a focus on parental and family factors, in discussions of psychiatric medication (Horwitz et al, 2012). Longhofer and Floersch (2010) used their interview data to show how parents and adolescents compare the ‘medicated self’ before and after, resulting in the formation of desire; they stress the importance of forming good relationships with parents, which have been shown to have positive effects on concordance, treatment and positive views of psychiatric care. According to Longhofer and Floersch (2010: 159) ‘with concordant desire, the ‘medicated’ come to expect a future life on medication and a life where symptoms are stripped of their social and psychological meaning and significance’. This work concurs with a longitudinal study of almost 600 parents, which was conducted by Olin et al (2010);