Lack of insight and conceptions of “mental illness” in schizophrenia, assessed in the third person through case vignettes

Psychosis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Garrett, Michael ^a   Singh, Amar ^a   Amanbekova, Dinara ^a   Kamarajan, Chella ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosognosia; Insight; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006378465     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2010.529618     Document Type: Article

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