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Quality of life and mental illness

Reflections from the perspective of the WHOQOL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

John Orley ,
Shekhar Saxena  and
Helen Herrman
John Orley*
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva. Switzerland
Shekhar Saxena
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Mental Science, Ansari Nagar. New Delhi 110029. India
Helen Herrman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Vincents Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065. Australia
*
Dr John Orley, Programme Manager. Programme on Mental Health. Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse. World Health Organization, CH-121 Geneva 27. Switzerland
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 172 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 291 - 293
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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