"I am sane but he is mad": Insight and illness attributions to self and others in psychosis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-178

  Wiffen, Benjamin D R ^a   O'Connor, Jennifer A ^a   Gayer Anderson, Charlotte ^a   Reis Marques, Tiago ^a   McQueen, Grant ^a   Happé, Francesca ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denial; First episode psychosis; Insight; Theory of mind; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHEDULE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INSIGHT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; THEORY OF MIND; VIGNETTE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877658727     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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