Quality of Life Impairment in Schizophrenia, Mood and Anxiety Disorders : New Perspectives on Research and Treatment / edited by Michael S. Ritsner, A. George Awad.

Springer eBooks

Key Methodological Issues -- The Distress/Protection Vulnerability Model of Quality of Life Impairment Syndrome -- Role of Dopamine in Pleasure, Reward and Subjective Responses to Drugs -- Neuroendocrine functions, mood and quality of life -- In the mind of the Beholder Neuronal mediators for the effect of emotional experience on~quality of life -- Cross-cultural Quality of Life Research in Mental Health -- Measuring the value of health-related quality of life -- Comparison of instruments for measuring the quality of life impairment syndrome in severe mental disorders -- Integrative bottom-up approach to HRQOL measurement -- Quality of Life Impairment Syndrome in Severe Mental Disorders -- Health Related Quality of Life in Subjects at Risk for a First Episode Of Psychosis -- Quality of life impairment syndrome in schizophrenia -- Insight and quality of life in chizophrenia spectrum disorders -- Quality of Life and Major Depression -- Quality of life impairment in bipolar disorder -- Quality of Life Impairment in Anxiety Disorders -- Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Treatment and Rehabilitation Issues -- Antipsychotic Medications, Schizophrenia and the Issue of Quality of Life -- Quality of life outcomes of ECT -- Quality of Life in Mental Health Services -- Subjective Quality of Life in Relation to Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Daily Life -- Cost-Utility Analysis.

This book presents new insights that health-related quality of life (HRQL) impairment is a core domain of prevalent mental disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective, mood and anxiety disorders. The authors present a new conceptual framework for this field by explaining how HRQL impairment arises from interactions between various multidimensional factors. They suggest several ways in which further research could enhance our understanding of HRQL impairment, its biological basis, and its relevance to psychopathology. There is discussion of the current findings, issues and concerns regarding instruments for measuring HRQL, and quality of life impairment in specific mental disorders. Comparative data regarding HRQL deficit in these disorders and the clinical and psychosocial indicators of HRQL in each of the specific disorders are presented, and suggestions for future research are provided. This essay collection, written by leading researchers in this field presents a comprehensive framework for analyzing HRQL impairment in both theoretical and practical aspects.

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