Quality of Life in Mental Disorders

by Katschnig, Heinz; Freeman, Hugh; Sartorius, Norman

• ISBN13: 9780470856017
• ISBN10: 0470856017
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-14
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The importance of a patient's quality of life is increasingly being recognised in all areas of medicine and health sciences. Many patients suffering from mental disorders will require long-term management which means that quality of life becomes an even more important consideration. The second edition of this landmark title has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field. Provides a state of the art overview of this important public health topic Authored by well-known experts in their field Incorporates new material on the latest quality of life instruments, quality of life in addiction and the design of drug trials

Author Biography

Heinz Katschnig, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman
Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Austria

Hugh Freeman, Honorary Visiting Fellow, Green College, Oxford

Norman Sartorius, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface to the First Edition	xi
Preface to the Second Edition	xiii
Section I Introduction	1	(18)
1 How Useful Is the Concept of Quality of Life in Psychiatry?	3	(16)
Heinz Katschnig
Section II Conceptual Issues	19	(50)
2 Theoretical Models of Quality of Life for Mental Disorders	21	(12)
Matthias C. Angermeyer and Reinhold Kilian
3 Well-Being and Life Satisfaction as Components of Quality of Life in Mental Disorders	33	(12)
Anastasia Zissi and Margaret M. Barry
4 Role Functioning as a Component of Quality of Life in Mental Disorders	45	(12)
Durk Wiersma
5 'Standard of Living' and Environmental Factors as a Component of Quality of Life in Mental Disorders	57	(12)
Hugh L. Freeman
Section III Assessment and Measurement	69	(58)
6 Instruments for Measuring Quality of Life in Mental Disorders. I: up to 1996	71	(14)
Anthony F. Lehman
7 Instruments for Measuring Quality of Life in Mental Disorders II: Some New Developments	85	(6)
Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen
8 Assessing Daily Quality of Life with the Experience Sampling Method	91	(12)
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: Their Place in Comprehensive Clinical Diagnosis	103	(8)
Juan E. Mezzich and Margit M. Schmolke
10 Quality of Life Measurement in Persons with Schizophrenia: Are We Measuring What's Important?	111	(16)
Marion A. Becker and Ronald J. Diamond
Section IV Quality of Life in Specific Mental Disorders	127	(82)
11 Quality of Life in Depression	129	(12)
Heinz Katschnig, Monika Krautgartner, Beate Schrank and Matthias C. Angermeyer
12 Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders	141	(12)
Franklin R. Schneier and Gabriel Pantol
13 Quality of Life in Schizophrenia	153	(16)
Julio Babes and Maria Paz Garcia-Portilla
14 Quality of Life and Childhood Disorders	169	(10)
Klaus Schmeck and Fritz Poustka
15 Quality of Life in Alzheimer's and Related Dementias	179	(20)
Barry Gurland and Sidney Katz
16 Quality of Life in Substance Use Disorders	199	(10)
Jason P. Connor, John B. Saunders and Gerald F.X. Feeney
Section V Treatment and Management Issues	209	(88)
17 Psychotropic Medication and Quality of Life	211	(10)
Matthias C. Angermeyer, Reinhold Kilian and Heinz Katschnig
18 'Real World' Trials of Psychotropic Medication	221	(10)
T. Scott Stroup and Jeffrey A. Lieberman
19 Psychotherapy and Quality of Life	231	(16)
Gerhard Lenz and Ulrike Demal
20 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Quality of Life for Long-Stay Patients Discharged from Psychiatric Hospitals	247	(10)
Julian Leff
21 Quality of Life in Mental Health Service Research	257	(12)
Antonio Lasalvia and Mirella Ruggeri
22 The Quality of Life of the Relatives of the Mentally Ill	269	(6)
Maria D. Simon
23 Consumer Interests and the Quality of Life Concept – Common Ground or Parallel Universes?	275	(10)
Peter Stastny and Michaela Amering
24 Quality of Life of Staff Working in Psychiatric Services	285	(12)
Reinhold Kilian
Section VI Policy and Planning	297	(32)
25 Quality of Life Measurement in the Economic Analysis of Mental Health Care	299	(10)
Dan Chisholm, Luis Salvador-Cartilla and Jose Luis Avuso-Mateos
26 Organisation of Care and Quality of Life of Persons with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness	309	(12)
David Mechanic
27 Quality of Life and Mental Disorders: A Global Perspective	321	(8)
Norman Sartorius
Section VII Outlook on the Future	329	(14)
28 Improving Quality of Life Through Mental Health Promotion	331	(12)
Eva Jané-Llopis and Heinz Katschnig
Index	343