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Improving patients' quality of life has come to be regarded as a central aim of mental health care, more important than conventional goals, such as reduction of psychopathology and prevention of rehospitalization. However, this text argues that the concept of quality of life remains unclear. That concept is examined in the first chapter, then later sections deal with issues of assessment and evaluation. The final chapters consider the relationship between quality of life and antipsychotic medication - and the implications for future research strategies.

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Author:   Stefan Priebe ,  etc. ,  Joseph P.J. Oliver (Consultant, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester) ,  Wolfgang Kaiser (Spandau Hospital, Berlin, Germany)
Publisher:   Wrightson Biomedical Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Wrightson Biomedical Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781871816402

ISBN 10:   1871816408
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 June 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Concepts of quality of life in mental health care, Gernot Lauer; advancing the concepts of quality of life, Lars Hansson; methods for the assessment of quality of life in mental health care, Wolfgang Kaiser; advancing the methods for assessing quality of life, Peter Huxley; the use of quality of life measures for service evaluation in mental health care, Karin Hoffmann; quality of life evaluation in health services research, Ian Daly; how to use quality of life measures in individual care, Joseph P.J. Oliver; applying the quality of life construct to clinical practice, Frank Holloway; neuroleptics and quality of life in schizophrenia, A. George Awad and Lakshimi P.N. Voruganti; quality of life assessment and medication - an anthropological perspective, Richard Warner; future research in quality of life and mental health care, Anthony F. Lehman; research in quality of life in mental health care - aims and strategies, Stefan Priebe; appendix - the Manchester short assessment of quality of life, Stefan Priebe et al.

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