ReQoL-20 chosen for new set of global standards to measure and improve psychotic disorders

The International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) has released a new standard set of measures for Psychotic Disorders. 

The Recovering Quality of Life outcome questionnaire (ReQoL-20) has been chosen as the measure for tracking three aspects of psychotic disorders:

1. Quality of Life

2. Personal recovery 

3. Positive and negative symptoms

The ICHOM Standard Set for Psychotic Disorders is the result of an international group (from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia) of leading psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health experts, measurement experts, and service user experts. 

The new standard set represents the outcomes that matter most to adults and adolescents (age 12 upwards) with psychosis. This marks an important step towards promoting data quality and availability whilst strengthening mental health care for this group. 

For further information, visit https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/clinical-outcomes/ and https://www.reqol.org.uk/p/news-progress-and-banner.html