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The quality of life construct in bipolar disorder research and practice: past, present, and possible futures
Author(s) -
Murray Greg,
Michalak Erin E
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bipolar disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.285
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1399-5618
pISSN - 1398-5647
DOI - 10.1111/bdi.12016
Subject(s) - biopsychosocial model , construct (python library) , psychosocial , psychology , bipolar disorder , parallels , quality of life (healthcare) , phenomenology (philosophy) , mental health , psychotherapist , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , mood , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , programming language , mechanical engineering , engineering
Murray G, Michalak EE. The quality of life construct in bipolar disorder research and practice: past, present, and possible futures.
Bipolar Disord 2012: 14: 793–796. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The quality of life (QoL) construct is becoming more prominent in bipolar disorder (BD) research and practice. Uptake of the construct parallels an earlier trend in schizophrenia research, and coincides with growing interest in psychosocial components of BD’s aetiology, phenomenology, and treatment. We argue that, although QoL and symptom measures derive from competing paradigms in mental health (the biopsychosocial and medical model, respectively), they are best seen as complementary. This pluralistic stance is clinically appropriate, and generates important questions for future research.