BookA. George Awad, Lakshmi N.P. Voruganti, editors.
Contents:
Part I:Basic and Conceptual Issues
Schizophrenia and it's sequelae
Issues that slowed progress in the assessment of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia
Social cognition and health-related quality of life in schizophrenia
Conceptual issues in cultural adaptation and the role of culture in assessment of health-related quality of life in schizophrenia
Part II:Methodological Issues
A review of quality of life assessment measures in schizophrenia
limitations and future developments
a review
Assessment of burden of care and quality of life of caregivers in schizophrenia
Electronic technology and advances in assessment of outcomes
Modern psychometric approaches to analysis of scales for health-related quality of life
Part III:Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia
Health-related quality of life as an outcome and mediator of other outcomes
Using routine quality of life assessment to improve effectiveness of community mental health care
Quality of life assessments in the development and clinical trials of new antipsychotics
pharmaceutical industry perspective
Quality of life and health-costs
the feasibility of cost-utility analysis in schizophrenia
Health-related quality of life in schizophrenia: health policy and resource allocation
Beyond assessment of quality of life in schizophrenia: cultural, clinical and research perspectives from India
a case study
Part IV:Reinventing Quality of Life in Schizophrenia
Concluding remarks and future challenges.