Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Schizophrenia and Its Sequelae....Pages 3-13
Issues That Slowed Progress in Assessments of Health-Related Quality of Life in Schizophrenia....Pages 15-24
Quality of Life, Cognition, and Social Cognition in Schizophrenia....Pages 25-51
Conceptual Issues in Cultural Adaptation and the Role of Culture in Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Schizophrenia....Pages 53-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
A Review of Quality-of-Life Assessment Measures in Schizophrenia: Limitations and Future Developments....Pages 65-77
Assessment of the Burden of Care and Quality of Life of Caregivers in Schizophrenia....Pages 79-94
Electronic Technology and Advances in Assessment of Outcomes....Pages 95-102
Modern Psychometric Approaches to Analysis of Scales for Health-Related Quality of Life....Pages 103-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Quality of Life as an Outcome and a Mediator of Other Outcomes in Patients with Schizophrenia....Pages 123-144
Using Routine Quality of Life Assessment to Improve Effectiveness of Community Mental Health Care....Pages 145-155
Quality of Life Assessments in the Development and Clinical Trials of New Antipsychotics: Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective....Pages 157-173
Quality of Life and Health Costs: The Feasibility of Cost-Utility Analysis in Schizophrenia....Pages 175-183
Health-Related Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: Health Policy and Resource Allocation....Pages 185-195
Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: Cultural, Clinical, and Research Perspectives from India, a Case Study....Pages 197-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Reinventing Quality of Life: Refining the Concept and Going Beyond Assessments....Pages 219-224