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Factors related to the perception of body image include self-esteem, well-being, acceptance in social groups, job opportunities, higher productivity, economic growth and psychosocial performance.
Body image dissatisfaction may result in problems of self-esteem, well-being, social group acceptance, job opportunities, productivity, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial performance [ 19, 20].
This model should have as its main goal reducing the functional limitations and those related to the patient's psychosocial performance, aiming to improve the quality of life.
Several studies have found reductions in the quality of life and psychosocial performance among affected individuals that is partly related to low satisfaction with facial appearance [ 18, 20- 25].
Several new conceptual models of quality of life have emerged more recently, where quality of life for patients is defined in various ways: as the gap between individual expectations and achievements [ 11]; as the outcome of interactions among psychotic symptoms, medication side effects and psychosocial performance [ 12], or between an array of distress and protective factors [ 13].
The PETiT scale offers a specific and integrated measure of HRQoL for patients who have switched antipsychotic medications, where a patient's well-being is conceptualized as their subjective perception of their severity of psychotic symptoms, medication side effects, and level of psychosocial performance [ 28].
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In the present naturalistic study, we developed a tailored cognitive remediation program (CR) to evaluate the effect on objective and subjective neuropsychological performance, psychosocial functioning and quality of life.
This study addressed the following questions: 1) How does psychosocial functioning, cognitive performance and self-image change during inpatient psychiatric treatment of adolescents with and without suicide attempts?
Among suicide attempter patients, psychosocial functioning, cognitive performance and both the psychological self and body-image improved during treatment and their treatment compliance and outcome were as good as that of the non-suicidal patients.
Our secondary hypothesis regards the impact of neuropsychological performance on psychosocial functioning [ 25, 44].
In particular, cognitive remediation has been associated with significant, although modest, improvements in cognitive performance and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia patients [ 50].
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