When assessing "quality of life" in persons suffering from mental disorders, three dimensions have to be distinguished: subjective well-being and satisfaction; objective functioning in social roles; and environmental circumstances. Each chapter in the book takes this multidimensional approach into account.

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.