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Insight in stable schizophrenia: relations with psychopathology and cognition.
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Comprehensive psychiatry [Compr Psychiatry] 2013 Jul; Vol. 54 (5), pp. 484-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 15. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: This study evaluated the relationship among insight, sociodemographic and clinical variables, symptoms and cognitive functions in a population of outpatients with stable schizophrenia, in order to identify possible contributing factors to awareness.<br />Method: Two-hundred and seventy-six consecutive outpatients with stable schizophrenia were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. All subjects were assessed by psychiatric scales and interview, and a wide neuropsychological battery. A factor analysis was performed to identify cognitive factors and multiple regression analyses were executed to test the contribution of variables considered to insight.<br />Results: Our results showed that positive and negative symptoms, executive functions, verbal memory-learning were contributors of awareness of mental illness; positive and negative symptoms explained variability in awareness of the need for treatment; positive symptoms and executive functions contributed to awareness of the social consequences of disorder.<br />Conclusions: These results suggested that insight was partially influenced by positive and negative symptoms and by cognitive functions. A complex system of overlapping variables may underlie impaired insight, contributing to a different extent to specific dimensions of poor insight in patients with stable schizophrenia.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-8384
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Comprehensive psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23332554
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.014