Quality of Life and its Importance in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Authors:
I. Ondrejka; M. Drímalová; A. Mažgútová
Authors‘ workplace:
Psychiatrická klinika JLF UK a MFN, Oddelenie detskej psychiatrie, Martin prednostka MUDr. M. Drímalová, CSc.
Published in:
Čes-slov Pediat 2003; (2): 85-88.
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Overview
The authors submit the concept of quality of the life of a child with a mental disorder. The multidimensionalconcept of quality of life includes subjective wellbeing as the emotional component, satisfaction in different spheresof life as the cognitive component, and functioning in social roles as the performance component. The quality oflife related to the health status is focused on the subjective evaluation of the somatic, mental, social and functionalaspect of the child’s health status. The authors discuss psychopathological, therapeutic, personal, social andecological factors of the quality of life.The concept of quality of life in child and adolescent mental disorders can be perspectively used as a criteriumof therapeutic decision taking, planning of clinical care of patients also when evaluating the effectiveness of a certaintype of treatment with special importance in chronic diseases.
Key words:
quality life, psychic disorders, child and adolescent age
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Neonatology Paediatrics General practitioner for children and adolescentsArticle was published in
Czech-Slovak Pediatrics
2003 Issue 2
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