The relationship between insight and theory of mind in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 217-222

  Konstantakopoulos, George ^a,b   Ploumpidis, Dimitris ^a   Oulis, Panagiotis ^a   Patrikelis, Panayiotis ^a,c   Nikitopoulou, Stavrina ^a   Papadimitriou, George N ^a   David, Anthony S ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Insight; Metacognition; Neurocognition; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of Mind; Treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALGARY DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEDULE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INSIGHT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; THOUGHT DISORDER; AWARENESS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTROSPECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

INSIGHT; METACOGNITION; NEUROCOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84891628465     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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