title: Patient-reported outcomes in psychiatry.
abstract: The recent trend for recognizing the need that patients actively participate in the assessment of the outcome of treatment is a welcome development, not only because it adds valuable data, but also because its recognition of the partnership role that the patients should have in research on outcome of mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Association for Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sartorius
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011570:Psychiatry; D057566:Self Report; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: mental health; patient report; patient-reported outcome; psychiatry