摘要：Only recently the interest in the quality of life (QoL) has gained prominence in mental
health practice with respect to other medical disciplines, such as oncology or cardiology, perhaps because
the QoL measures were considered as tautological and largely overlapping with measures of
psychopathology. Moreover, most of the recognized components of QoL represent the main areas of
psychiatric intervention. For example, psychological functioning impairment represents the main area
of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological interventions, social functioning impairment the
main area of rehabilitation intervention. In addition, measures of QoL in psychiatric patients may be
biased by some aspects of the disease, including impaired evaluation capacity or decreased expectations.
Nowadays, QoL issues in relation to mental health care are especially relevant with regard to
part of evaluation of treatment outcomes. Suggestions for the choice of the most appropriate QoL
instruments for research and routine evaluation in mental health care are given.
关键词：quality of life, health services, mental health services, psychiatric rehabilitation.
