• CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder

Posts Tagged ‘QoL.BD scale’

Quality of Life and Recovery in People with Bipolar Disorder

February 7th, 2012 by smcbride

On November 10th, 2011 CREST.BD team lead, Erin Michalak, visited The Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario. Erin discussed the development and application of the Quality of Life Scale in Bipolar Disorder (QoL.BD), a disorder-specific scale that assesses physical health, mood, sleep, cognition, leisure, social, spirituality, finances, household, self-esteem, independence, identity, work and study. She explores how it can be used as a clinical tool for collaborative goal-setting between people living with bipolar disorder and their healthcare providers.

Development of the QoL.BD: a disorder-specific scale to assess quality of life in bipolar disorder

October 5th, 2011 by webadmin

In this article, recently published in Bipolar Disorders, Drs. Erin Michalak and Greg Murray describe their four-year mixed method program of research to develop their Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder (QoL in BD) measure.

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