relations to the quality of behavior and mental health, specifically be-cause different regulatory processes and different goal contents are associated with differing degrees of need satisfaction. Social contexts and individual differences that support satisfaction of the basic needs facilitate natural

, and methodological issues associated with measurement of treatment satisfaction in GORD are reviewed. Treatment satisfaction may be important for differentiating among GORD treatments, and for monitoring patient outcomes in clinical practice.

Predictive factors for time to remission and recurrence in patients treated for acute mania: Health outcomes of manic episodes (HOME) study

Background. Although recurrent major depression in elderly individuals is a disabling condition, only a few studies have systematically examined the magnitude and specificity of quality-of-life (QOL) impairments in such patients in comparison with matched controls or the elderly population. Methods. We examined the variations in QOL scores of 100 elderly (age range 60–88 years) patients with moderate to severe recurrent major depression and compared them with published elderly population norms. Disease-specific

the accomplishment of health care goals--how communication influences health outcomes. The paper examines the links between health communication and health outcomes, examines the health outcomes literature, and proposes a conceptual model of the role of communication in achieving advantageous outcomes in health care

Numerous studies show that happy individuals are successful across multiple life domains, including marriage, friendship, income, work performance, and health. The authors suggest a conceptual model to account for these findings, arguing that the happiness–success link exists not only because

by the procedures about quality assurance and editing applying to finished AKF reports. AKF Working Paper is only available on www.akf.dk and not in a printed version. Job Displacement and Health Outcomes *

outcomes, population health. The term PRIMARY CARE is thought to date back to about1920, when the Dawson Report was released in the UnitedKingdom. That report, an official “white paper, ” mentioned “primary health care centres, ” intended to become the hub of region-alized services in that country

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the 12-month outcomes associated with naturalistic antipsychotic treatment of patients participating in the Schizophrenia Outpatient Health Outcomes (SOHO) study. Methods: SOHO is a 3-year, prospective, observational study of the health outcomes

The aim of this study was to examine the complex interactions between political traditions, policies, and public health outcomes, and to fi nd out whether diff erent political traditions have been associated with systematic patterns in population health over time. We analysed a number of political