Open AccessA comparative study of quality of life and disability among schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder patients in remission
Author(s) -
Sarada Prasanna Swain,
Sushree Sangita Behura
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_94_15
Subject(s) - psychosocial , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , quality of life (healthcare) , affect (linguistics) , medicine , rehabilitation , outpatient clinic , clinical psychology , psychology , physical therapy , communication , nursing
Persons with long-term psychiatric disorders have greater deficits in living skills as well as greater problems in employment and relationship to their social environment. Thus, chronic psychiatric illnesses have psychosocial consequences such as disability and impaired quality of life (QOL) due to their symptomatology and chronic course.