Relationship between cognition, clinical and cognitive insight in psychotic disorders: A review and meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-200

  Nair, Akshay ^a,b   Palmer, Emma Claire ^b   Aleman, André ^c   David, Anthony S ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insight; Neurocognition; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK COGNITIVE INSIGHT SCALE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

INSIGHT; NEUROCOGNITION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84891624897     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.033     Document Type: Article

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