How useful is the concept of quality of life in psychiatry?

H Katschnig - Current opinion in Psychiatry, 1997 - journals.lww.com
The concept of quality of life is not yet defined in a uniform way, it lacks clarity and even
creates confusion. Nevertheless, quality of life publications are booming in medicine. A …

Measures of quality of life among persons with severe and persistent mental disorders

AF Lehman - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 1996 - Springer
In order to provide clinicians, researchers, programs evaluators, and administrators with
current information on the assessment of humanistic outcomes of services for persons with …

Clinical validation of the Quality of Life Inventory. A measure of life satisfaction for use in treatment planning and outcome assessment.

MB Frisch, J Cornell, M Villanueva… - Psychological …, 1992 - psycnet.apa.org
This study details the psychometric evaluation of the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI), a
measure of life satisfaction that may complement symptom-oriented measures of …

A quality of life interview for the chronically mentally ill

AF Lehman - Evaluation and program planning, 1988 - Elsevier
During the past few years there has been increased interest in assessing the quality of life of
the chronically mentally ill to assist in planning and evaluating programs for these patients …

[图书][B] The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment: Volume 3: Instruments for adults

ME Maruish - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
Test-based psychological assessment has been significantly affected by the health care
revolution in the United States during the past two decades. Despite new limitations on …

[图书][B] Quality of life therapy: Applying a life satisfaction approach to positive psychology and cognitive therapy

MB Frisch - 2005 - books.google.com
Note: Book no longer includes a CD-ROM, but the files are available online for download for
both book and ebook purchasers at www. wiley. com/go/frisch" This book defines an …

[引用][C] Assessing quality of life

RA Cummins - Quality of life for people with disabilities: Models …, 1997 - books.google.com
The title of this book could give the impression that there is something different about quality
of life for people with disabilities when compared with the general population. This, indeed …

[图书][B] Ageing well: Quality of life in old age

A Bowling - 2005 - books.google.com
What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age
be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical …

A new patient focused index for measuring quality of life in persons with severe and persistent mental illness

M Becker, R Diamond, F Sainfort - Quality of life Research, 1993 - Springer
The quality of life in persons with severe and persistent mental illness is often poor. Most
treatment programmes have the goal of increasing quality of life. Unfortunately, existing …

Quality of life: expanding the scope of clinical significance.

MM Gladis, EA Gosch, NM Dishuk… - Journal of consulting …, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
Clinical researchers have turned their attention to quality of life assessment as a means of
broadening the evaluation of treatment outcomes. This article examines conceptual and …