Lack of relationship between psychological denial and unawareness of illness in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Kruck, Carrie L ^a   Flashman, Laura A ^a,b   Roth, Robert M ^a,b   Koven, Nancy S ^c   McAllister, Thomas W ^a,b   Saykin, Andrew J ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Deception; Denial; Depression; Insight; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67651147938     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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