Clinical and neuropsychological correlates of insight in schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder: does diagnosis matter?

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-591

  Varga, Monica ^a   Magnusson, Andres ^a,b   Flekkøy, Kjell ^c,d   David, Anthony S ^e   Opjordsmoen, Stein ^c  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VELOCITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 35348816787     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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