Lancashire Quality of Life Profile

Oliver, Joe; Huxley, Peter; Bridges, Keith; Mohamad, Hasmaini

doi:10.1037/t30228-000

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“…17,24 Treatment response was defined by reduction in baseline HRSD-17 or MADRS score of 50% or a CGI-I (Clinical Global Impression) 29 score of 1 or 2. Neurocognitive performance was assessed using a standard battery of clinical tests focusing on executive function and the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB, www.…”

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Ablative neurosurgery for mental disorders: is there still a role in the 21st century? A personal perspective

Eljamel

2008

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ObjectThe author presents his personal perspective on ablative neurosurgical techniques used to perform bilateral anterior cingulotomy (BACI) and bilateral anterior capsulotomy (BACA) for ameliorating the symptoms of refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and treatment refractory depression (TRD). With depression predicted to be the second most common cause of disability in the world by the year 2020 and the birth of electric neurostimulation representing an attractive alternative treatment option for TRD and OCD, it is desirable to revisit the pros and cons of these treatment options.MethodsThe author reviewed the surgical methods and outcome (including neuroimaging findings) in all cases in which ablative neurosurgery was performed at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School over the last 2 decades.ResultsThe advantages of ablative procedures (BACI and BACA) from patients’ and psychiatrists’ perspectives are that the ablative procedures are one-off procedures that do not require lifelong commitment to program the stimulation devices, fix hardware failures, or change exhausted batteries. From the perspective of healthcare funding bodies, the relatively low cost of these treatments is an advantage. The main disadvantages of BACI and BACA are the perceived higher complication rates, the irreversibility of the surgical lesions, and the stigma associated with brain destruction in psychiatric patients that are still unpalatable in the community at large. However, some patients still choose a one-off procedure in preference to any other options presented to them.ConclusionsThere is still place for BACI and BACA in modern neurosurgery for mental disorders, at least in the short term for those who do not want to commit to lifelong device programming and maintenance.

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Ablative neurosurgery for mental disorders: is there still a role in the 21st century? A personal perspective

Eljamel

2008

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“…The development of QoL measures for use in psychiatric dis-of QoL measures for use in psychiatric disorders has not progressed at the pace it orders has not progressed at the pace it has in other clinical disciplines (Hunt & has in other clinical disciplines . Although there are a number of measures available for the are a number of measures available for the assessment of QoL in people with schizo-assessment of QoL in people with schizophrenia, these measures cannot be phrenia, these measures cannot be considered appropriate for evaluating considered appropriate for evaluating interventions for the following reasons: interventions for the following reasons: et al, 1991), the Quality of , 1991), the Quality of Life Self-Report-100 (QLS±100; Life Self-Report-100 (QLS±100; Skantze Skantze et al, et al, 1992), and the Lancashire 1992), and the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (Oliver Quality of Life Profile (Oliver et al et al, , 1996);1996); (Heinrichs et al et al, 1984). Psychiatrists use questionnaires and schedules to determine men-tionnaires and schedules to determine mental state and assess treatment regimes, and tal state and assess treatment regimes, and such measures are designed as an adjunct such measures are designed as an adjunct to clinical interview.…”

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Self-report quality of life measure for people with schizophrenia: The SQLS

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Br J Psychiatry

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“…Quality of life was measured by using the Swedish version (Hansson et al . 1998) of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQOLP) (Oliver et al . 1996) which is a structured self‐report interview.…”

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confidence: 99%