Measurement of insight in patients with bipolar disorder: Are self-rated scales developed for patients with schizophrenia applicable?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-335

  Jónsdóttir, Halldóra ^a,b   Engh, John A ^a   Friis, Svein ^a   Birkenæs, Astrid ^a   Ringen, Petter A ^a   Vaskinn, Anja ^a   Sundet, Kjetil ^b   Opjordsmoen, Stein ^a   Andreassen, Ole A ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Insight; Psychometry; Schizophrenia; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIRCHWOOD INSIGHT SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 42249110047     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31816a62b2     Document Type: Article

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