Title: Quality of life in mental disorders /
Authors: Katschnig, Heinz; Freeman, Hugh L.; Sartorius, N.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Social Adjustment; Quality of Life; Mental Disorders; Quality of life; People with mental disabilities Social conditions.; People with mental disabilities Services for; Mentally ill Medical care.; Social adjustment; Mentally ill
Abstract: "Quality of Life in Mental Disorders 2nd Edition is relevant to everyone involved in mental health care, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, policy-makers and health economists."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Machine derived contents note: List of Contributors. -- Prefcae to the First Edition. -- Preface to the Second Edition. -- Section I: Introduction. -- 1. How useful is the concept of quality of life in psychiatry? Heinz Katschnig. -- Section II:Conecptual Issues. -- 2. Theoretical models of quality of life for mental disorders Matthias C. Angermeyer and Reinhold Kilian. -- 3. Well-being and life satisfaction as components of quality of life in mental disorders Anastasia Zissi and Margaret M. Barry. -- 4. Role functioning as a component of quality of life in mental disorders Durk Wiersma. -- 5. 'Standard of living' and environmental factors as a component of quality of life in mental disorders Hugh L. Freeman. -- Section III: Assessment and Measurement. -- 6. Instruments for measuring quality of life in mental disorders I: up to 1996 Anthony F. Lehman. -- 7. Instruments for measuring quality of life in mental disorders II: Some new developments Chijs Van Nieuwenhuizen. -- 8. Assessing daily quality of life with the experience sampling method Daniela Q.C.M. Barge-Schaapveld, Nancy A. Nicolson, Philippe A.E.G. Delespaul and Marten W. deVries. -- 9. Quality of life and positive health: Thwir place in comprehensive clinical diagnosis Juan E. Mezzich and Margit M. Schmilke. -- 10. Quality of life measurement in persons with schizophenia: We are measuring whats important? Marion A. Becker and Ronald J. Diamond. -- Section IV: Quality of life in specific mental disorders. -- 11. Quality of life in drepression Heinz Katsching, Monika Krautgartner, Beate Schrank and Matthias C. Angermeyer. -- 12. Quality of life in anxiety disorders Franklin R. Schmeirer and Gabriel Pantol. -- 13. Quality of life in schitzophrenia Julio Bobes and Maria Paz Garcia-Portilla. -- 14. Quality of life and child hood disorders Klaus Schmeck and Fritz Poustka. -- 15. Quality of life in alzheimer's and related dimentias Barry Gurland and Sidney Katz. -- 16. Quality of life in substance use disorder Jason P. Connor, John B. Saunders and Gerald F.X. Feeney. -- Section V: Treatment and Management Issues. -- 17. Psychotropic medication and quality of life Matthias C. Angermeyer, Reinhold Kilian and Heinz Katschnig. -- 18. 'Real World' trials of psychotropic medication T. Scott Stroup and Jeffrey A. Lieberman. -- 19. Psychotherapy and quality of life Gerhard Lenz and Ulrike Demal. -- 20. Whose life is it anyway? Quality of life for long-stay patients discharged from psychiatric hostpitals Julian Leff. -- 21. Quality of llife in mental haelth service research Antonio Lasalvia and Mirella Ruggeri. -- 22. The Quality of life of the relatives of the mentally ill Maria D. Simon. -- 23. Consumer interests and the qulaity of life concept -- common ground or parallel universes? Peter Stastny and Michaela Amering. -- 24. Quality of life of staff working in Psychiatric services Reinhold Kilian. -- Section VI: Policy and Planning. -- 25. Quality of life measurment in the economic analysis of mental health care Dan Chisholm, Luis Salvador-Carulla and Jose Luis Auyso-Mateos. -- 26. Organisation of care and quality of life of persons with serious and persistent mental illness David Mechanic. -- 27. Quality of life and mental disorders: A global perspective Norman Sartorious. -- Section VII: Outlook on the Future. -- 28 Improving quality of life through mental health promotion Eva Jane;-Llopis and Heinz Katsching. -- Index.