Insight and psychosis: Comparing the perspectives of patient, entourage and clinician

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-241

  Tranulis, Constantin ^a,b,c   Corin, Ellen ^d   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

First episode psychosis; Insight; Narrative; Schizophrenia; Socio cultural model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANADA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXTRACTED INSIGHT SCALE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NARRATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43249118901     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008088860     Document Type: Article

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