The neuropsychology of insight: Impaired awareness of deficits in a psychiatric context

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 806-811

  Mcglynn, Susan M ^a,b   Schacter, Daniel L ^c,d  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Community Rehab Care Inc ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031322755     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-19971201-10     Document Type: Article

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