A comparative study of insight scales and their relationship to psychopathological and clinical variables

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 437-446

  Sanz, M ^b   Constable, G ^b   Lopez Ibor, I ^b   Kemp, R ^b   David, A S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031959052     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006296     Document Type: Article

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