Evaluation of the association between insight and symptoms in a large sample of patients with schizophrenia

European Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 507-512

  De Hert, M A F ^a   Simon, V ^b   Vidovic, D ^c   Franic, T ^d   Wampers, M ^a   Peuskens, J ^a   van Winkel, R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Psychiatric Hospital Vrap e   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^e Department of Psychiatry and Psychology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical correlates; Insight; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; GUILT; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS EVALUATION TOOL FOR COMMON USE BY CAREGIVER; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70649094033     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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