There are widely valued aspects of life that are not generally regarded as health, including income, freedom, and social support. It is a good collection of significant contributions towards quality of life as well as mental health rehabilitation.Ĭurrent concepts range from those with a holistic emphasis on the social, environmental, and physical well-being of patients after treatment to those that describe the impact of a person’s health on his/her ability to lead a fulfilling life. There is also a study on patient satisfaction and another on caregiver burden, in this issue. There are also two articles for the United Kingdom, one, Useful groups like this don’t usually happen in places like these: an evaluation of psychoeducational and skills workshops within inpatient rehabilitation services, and another Mixed staff and client mindfulness groups in a long stay inpatient setting: an evaluation. The issue also has contributions from Canada from north America and Brazil in south America on Addressing workplace accommodations for people with mental illness, University of Toronto, Canada and the Brazilian community mental health care services: social inclusion and psychosocial rehabilitation, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Other interesting articles on quality of life include a Comparative study of quality of life, social support and dysfunction in alcohol dependent men attending a de-addiction clinic in India, and Wellness as a means for better quality of life in schizophrenia. Seeman on Hierarchy and quality of life among psychiatric users.

The Guest editorial is followed by a review article by Professor Mary V. Incidentally, this issue also includes a book review on a book edited by Professor Awad and Lakshmi Voruganti, entitled, Beyond Assessment of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia, a very useful collection, indeed, published by Springers International Publishing. It has been successful to a certain extent, with a thought provoking Guest editorial by a well-known expert in this area, Professor A. This current issue has been envisaged to be a special issue on Quality of life (QOL) in mental health.