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Stress and Health, 22, 4, (2006), pp. 249-255ISSN
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Journal title
Stress and Health
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vol. 22
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iss. 4
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p. 249
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p. 255
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Experimental Psychopathology and TreatmentAbstract
Stress is the subjective feeling produced by events that are uncontrollable or threatening. Stress factors are coded on a separate axis of the DSM-IV classification system when they influence the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of psycbiatric disorders. The relationship between stress and the psychosocial outcome measure quality of life (QOL), that has become a topic of growing interest in medical and psycbiatric practice, is hardly examined in psychiatric outpatients. Therefore, in the present study, this relationship was investigated in a population of psychiatric outpatients (n = 410) with a broad spectrum of psycbiatric disorders. Stress was assessed with the Everyday Problem Checklist (EPCL). QOL was measured with the World Health Organization (WHO) QOL Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-100). The study population experienced considerable rates and intensities of stress, that were significantly higher compared with normative groups derived from a random sample of the Dutch population. Even after a correction for the presence of psychopathology, stress explained an amount of the variance of all aspects of QOL. It is concluded that in addition to the presence of psychopathology, stress plays a significant role in determining QOL. This justifies the classification of stress on a separate axis of DSM-IV It is advisable to consider stress more systematically in psycbiatric assessment and treatment.
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