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Well-being is an important topic for many different professions. From health professionals to politicians, a number of fields seek to research, understand and promote wellbeing. As a concept at the heart of psychotherapeutic practice, it is essential that trainee and practising therapists understand the distinctive contribution to our understanding of well-being that each of these professions have made. In this unique text, author Digby Tantam explores the philosophical, political, economical, psychological, medical and spiritual perspectives on well-being through a psychotherapeutic lens, explaining current research data and summarising findings. Theoretical approaches are balanced with an insight into their practical applications, showing therapists how each approach can inform their practice and make a real difference to the life satisfaction and health of their clients.

Mental health. --- Quality of life.

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The aim of this overview of systematic reviews answers to whether the coordinating interventions contribute to better quality of life for cancer patients. We included six systematic reviews of moderate to high quality. They assessed the effects of various forms of coordinating actions for patients who are or have been treated for cancer. Our overview showed:1. Coordinating interventions in the municipalities may increase the quality of life for cancer patients.2. There was no convincing evidence that coordination (continuity of care) improved function, psychological or physical status.3. It is not evident that coordination for patients with cancer increases satisfaction with the care or the health care services.4. The same quantity of relapse is possibly detected when cancer patients are followed up in the community by their doctor and nurse rather than specialists.5. There is no clear evidence that coordinating interventions for cancer patients improves symptoms.6. It is not known whether coordinating interventions make cancer patients more active participating in decisions about their own treatment. The quality of the evidence was low to very low.

Quality of life. --- Patient satisfaction.

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Background : Employability and employment sustainability may be affected in Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) as this disease typically affects young adults, at the start of their working life and may lead to severe visual disability or blindness, well before retirement age. Aim : To assess the impact of RP on vision-related quality of lite and psychological state. To test the assumptions that employment rate decreases with level of visual impairment and that recognition of disability and occupationalhealth intervention will contribute to employment sustainability.Methods: The study included 53 subjects living in France followed at REFERET (Quinze-Vingts hospital, Paris). Forty-five subjects had non syndromic rod cone RP and 8 Usher syndrome. There were 28 male and 25 female, mean age 35 .8 +/-5.8 years (range: 25-45 years), diagnosed 11.8 +/-10.3 years ago. Vision-related quality of lite was assessed using NEl-VFQ-25 and psychological state using HADS. A disability and employment status questionnaire, designed for the study, as administered.Results: Mean Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) was 0.67 +/-0.36 and mean binocular visual field (VF) 111-4-e 28.3° +/-29.5°. Based on ICD visual impairment rating, mild visual impairment was noted in 14 cases (26%), low vision in 27 cases (51%) and blindness in 12 cases (23%).Thirty subjects (57%) required visual aids. Twenty-nine subjects (55%) had been granted disability status and 14 (26 %) a disability pension; 22 subjects {42%) did not want to request disability status. The mean NEl-VFQ-25 total and composite scores were 58.1+/-18.7 and 58.4+/-18.5 respectively vs. reported values of 80-100 in normally sighted healthy individuals. There was a statistically significant correlation between VFQ scores, visual acuity and visual function: the lower the VA or VF results, the lower the VFQ scores (p < 0.01}. HADS self-rated scores were suggestive of an anxious state in 17 subjects (32 %) and of a depressive state in 7 cases (13 %} vs. 9% and 2% respectively in healthy controls. Fifty-one subjects (96%) had worked for at least 12 consecutive months in the past seven years. ln 19 cases (37%), their job involved professional risk factors potentially not advised in visually disabled workers due to safety concerns and effectiveness issues. Thirty-eight subjects (72%) were employed at last visit vs. 80.9% in the French population aged 25 to 49 years. The employment rate did not significantly decrease with the level of visual impairment (p > 0.05). There were significantly less subjects with recognized visual disability employed than not employed at last visit (p < 0.01). Prerequisites for an occupational health intervention. were not met in 45% of cases, due to lack of follow-up or non-disclosure of RP. Twenty-six subjects (51%) considered that their illness had a significant negative impact on their employment status, principally in terms of autonomy, productivity and job sustainability. Thirty-four subjects (64%) spontaneously requested advice during the interview, pertaining to visual disability status, confidentiality and job security issues. Conclusions : The results of this pilot study were consistent with previous research showing that visual acuity and visual field are strong predictors of visual quality of life in retinitis pigmentosa. They did not support the assumptions made that recognition of disabled worker status and intervention of occupational health contribute to employment sustainability.They confirmed the feasibility and acceptability of providing initial information on disability procedures and employment aids in a national reference center setting.

Retinitis Pigmentosa --- Quality of Life --- Blindness

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Angesichts einer Pluralisierung der Lebensstile und damit verbundener Bedarfe an vielfältigen Wohn-, Arbeits- und Lebensformen ist eine erfolgreiche Immobilien-Projektentwicklung nutzungsgemischter Quartiere notwendig. Andreas Wieland untersucht, mit welchen Planungs- und Entwicklungsprozessen sich ein erfolgreiches und werthaltiges Quartier entwickeln lässt. Die Analyse stützt sich auf vier intensive Fallstudien von in der jüngeren Zeit realisierten Quartiersentwicklungen in den Städten Berlin, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse verdeutlichen die teilweise sehr komplexen Konstellationen und Zusammenhänge der jeweiligen Projektentwicklungen und bieten eine Fülle an Erfahrungswissen. Der Inhalt Projektentwicklung nutzungsgemischter Quartiere Empirische Untersuchung mittels Fallbeispielanalyse in den Städten Berlin, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart Erkenntnisse zur Erfolgsgenerierung Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Architektur, der Stadtplanung, des Bauingenieurwesen und der Wirtschaftswissenschaften Praktiker im Bereich Projektentwicklung und Stadtplanung Der Autor Andreas Wieland promovierte bei Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Altrock an der Universität Kassel und ist in der Immobilien-Projektentwicklung tätig.  .

Quality of life. --- Demography. --- Political economy. --- Quality of Life Research. --- International Political Economy.

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Angemessene Antworten auf die Problematik von Klimawandel und Artenschwund verlangen eine gesellschaftliche Wahrnehmung von langfristigen Veränderungen in Natur und Gesellschaft. Das Buch fragt nach den Formen, Grenzen und Konsequenzen der individuellen und kollektiven Wahrnehmung von Wandel und eröffnet ein wissenssoziologisch fundiertes Verständnis der (Nicht-)Wahrnehmung vergangener wie auch zukünftiger Veränderungsprozesse. Dies erfolgt zunächst in einer theoretischen Perspektive durch die Zusammenführung von relevanten Gesichtspunkten aus der Erinnerungs-, Generationen- und Zeitforschung. Das Konzept der „Shifting Baselines“ liefert hierfür einen Ausgangspunkt. Daran anschließend blickt das Buch anhand von Aufschlüssen aus qualitativen Interviews auf die Wahrnehmung von Wandlungsprozessen unterschiedlicher Dynamik – von langsamem, rapidem und krassem (d.h. katastrophischem) Wandel –, um schließlich die Frage der Varianz und historischen Veränderung der Wahrnehmung von Wandel zu diskutieren.   Der Inhalt Umwelt- und Gesellschaftswandel.- Shifting-Baseline-Syndrom.-Wahrnehmung von Wandel aus wissenssoziologischer Sicht.- Empirische Analysen der Wahrnehmung langsamen, rapiden und krassen Wandels.-Wandel und Wandelbarkeit der Veränderungswahrnehmung   Die Zielgruppen Sozial- und KulturwissenschaftlerInnen.- Klima-, Umwelt- und NachhaltigskeitsforscherInnen.- WissenssoziologInnen.- PraktikerInnen aus Umweltbildung und -kommunikation   Der Autor Dr. Dietmar Rost ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen (KWI).

Quality of life. --- Cultural studies. --- Sociology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Cultural Studies. --- Knowledge - Discourse.