I certainly concur that a definition that includes measures of quality of life and psychosocial function is preferable. As we stated in the article, we were somewhat handicapped by the lack of widespread consensus on appropriate rating methods for these aspects of schizophrenia. The field will progress, however, and a new and more complete definition of remission will be presented eventually. In fact, here at Iowa, we have been working on a "local" definition that we are already using that incorporates measures of psychosocial function.