Heinz Katschnig / Hugh Freeman / Norman Sartorius (Hgg.)

Gebundenes Buch

Quality of Life in Mental Disorders

Beschreibung

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 economics

New 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 health

Quality 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.

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 173mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780470856017
• ISBN-10: 0470856017
• Artikelnr.: 12957802

Rezensionen

"...a valuable contribution to the literature...[that]takes the reader one step further than a simple review of qualityof life in mental disorders." ( The Annals ofPharmacotherapy , June 2006)
"The book is written in a very practical, user-friendly format,differentiating it from other books in this category." ( Doody sHealth Services )