Characterizing quality of life among patients with chronic mental illness: A critical examination of the self-report methodology

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Atkinson, Mark ^a   Zibin, Sharon ^a   Chuang, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031015050     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.1.99     Document Type: Article

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