Abstract

Impairment of insight is considered as the hallmark of schizophrenia. Substantial proportion of patients with schizophrenia has either poor or absent insight. Insight is a multidimensional and dynamic construct which appears to have intricate links with other symptom dimensions of the psychotic illness. A better appreciation of the association that insight shares with other symptom clusters in psychosis could help us in gaining knowledge about aetiology, prognosis and treatment-related facets of the disorder. This is likely to have critical implications in the understanding and therapeutics of schizophrenia.

Details

Title
Insight in schizophrenia: Relationship to positive, negative and neurocognitive dimensions
Author
Joseph, Boban; Narayanaswamy, Janardhanan; Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan
Pages
5-11
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Jan-Mar 2015
Publisher
Sage Publications, New Delhi India
ISSN
02537176
e-ISSN
09751564
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1655535601
Copyright
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