This book discusses the relationship between quality of life and disabilities. It explores such psychosocial concepts as well-being, life satisfaction, life difficulties and events, social adjustments, and standard of living. It addresses quality of life issues in specific psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, childhood disorders, and old age disorders. It also examines quality of life and psychiatric treatment and services and discusses policy and planning issues.

Product Description: The correlation between schizophrenia and substance abuse in psychology is recognized as a growing issue, yet it is one that many practitioners are often ill-prepared to address. Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness addresses the specific challenges faced by the clinician treating individuals with co-occurring schizophrenia and substance abuse disorders...read more

Product Description: The growth of the case management, multidisciplinary teamwork approach to treatment for mental health disorder has created the need for brief, accessible accounts of the most common treatments and treatment approaches. Increasingly, a range of mental health professionals must share an understanding of problems and treatments if they are to interact effectively, to plan and implement treatment based on individual patient needs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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