IS QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURABLE - PROBLEMS OF THE QUANTITATIVE AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE IN PSYCHIATRY

In a critical review of the theoretical background and recent empirical results of quality of life research in psychiatry the problems of a onesided quantitative methodological orientation will be discussed. For the surmounting of the theoretical difficulties a dynamic model of subjective quality of life in psychiatry will be presented and according to this model the necessity of a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods will be suggested.