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Beyond Symptoms: Critically Examining Quality of Life in Mental Health

Introduction Quality of Life (QoL) is an important concept in health psychology, psychiatry, and public health, as it captures how mental disorders affect people beyond just their symptoms. As we better understand that mental illness is often chronic, recurring, and shaped by social factors, psychiatric care has shifted toward looking at broader outcomes (WHO, 1997;…