Insight in psychosis: Relationship with neurocognition, social cognition and clinical symptoms depends on phase of illness

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Quee, Piotr J ^a,b   Van Der Meer, Lisette ^a,b   Bruggeman, Richard ^a   De Haan, Lieuwe ^c   Krabbendam, Lydia ^d   Cahn, Wiepke ^e   Mulder, Niels C L ^f   Wiersma, Durk ^a   Aleman, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

awareness; GROUP; insight; neuropsychology; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRCHWOOD INSIGHT SCALE; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCOGNITION; ONSET AGE; PARANOIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 78651311345     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq133     Document Type: Article

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