Quality of life and mental health services
By: Joseph Oliver [and others] ; foreword by Anthony Lehman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780203977460
Subjects: Mental health services; Quality of life; Mental Health Services; Quality of Life; Services de santé mentale; Qualité de la vie; PSYCHOLOGY; Mental Health; Mental Illness; MEDICAL
Description: First text to look at the application of Quality of Life (QOL) to mental health. Based on the authors' experience of developing a measure used in different countries. Gives valuable normative data, insights and ideas on the role of QOL.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-296) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Definitions and Conceptual Issues Concerning Quality of Life; 2. The Development of a Quality of Life Profile for Operational Use; 3. Psychometric Properties: Reliability and Validity; 4. Quality of Life in the Mental Health Service Context; 5. The Quality of Care and the Quality of Life in Independent-sector Residential Homes; 6. Quality of Life of Clients of a Social Services Department; 7. Community-based Support and Community Mental Health Support Teams; 8. Activity-based Services.