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Informationen zum Autor Heinz Katschnig , MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Austria. Hugh Freeman, Honorary Visiting Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK. Norman Sartorius, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Klappentext Over the past decade, quality of life issues ahve become a key factor in the management od patients with mental disorders as well as in planning mental health care provision.Quality of life in menbtal disorders 2nd edition covers the entire spectrum of quality of life issues faced by mental health practitioners, including:* Assessment and measurement of QoL* QoL in specific mental health disorders* Treatment and clinical management issues* QoL and health policy, planning and health economicsNew chapters in the second edition:* Recent developments in the measurement of QoL* QoL and substance abuse* QoL in pharmacological trials* QoL in mental health services research* QoL and the promotion of mental healthQuality of life in mental health disorders 2nd edition is relevant to everyone involved in mental health care, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, policy-makers and health economists. Zusammenfassung When assessing "quality of life" in persons suffering from mental disorders, three dimensions have to be distinguished: subjective well-being and satisfaction; objective functioning in social roles; and environmental circumstances. Each chapter in the book takes this multidimensional approach into account. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....
