Quality of life assessment in people living with psychosis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 510-518

  Herrman, Helen ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Thomas, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assesment of quality of life; Health related quality of life measurement; Mental health; Proxies; Psychometrics; Psychosis; Validity; WHOQOL Br f

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036956910     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0587-y     Document Type: Article

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