Awareness and insight in psychopathology: An essential distinction?

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-437

  Marková, Ivana S ^a   Berrios, German E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness; insight; language; mental phenomena; self knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052211963     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310375330     Document Type: Article

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