Clinical Correlates of Insight in Schizophrenia

111 schizophrenic patients diagnosed in accordance with DSM–III were rated on Landmark's symptom checklist, on demographic variables, and on variables descriptive of the course of illness. Of the 111 patients, 108 (97.3%) showed poor insight into their illness at some time in the past and 65 (5...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychological reports 2004-12, Vol.95 (3), p.821-827
Main Authors: Cernovsky, Zack Z., Landmark, Johan A., Merskey, Harold, Husni, Mariwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude to Health
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - epidemiology
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Delusions - epidemiology
Delusions - etiology
Female
Hallucinations - epidemiology
Hallucinations - etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Schizophrenia - complications
Social Alienation - psychology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:111 schizophrenic patients diagnosed in accordance with DSM–III were rated on Landmark's symptom checklist, on demographic variables, and on variables descriptive of the course of illness. Of the 111 patients, 108 (97.3%) showed poor insight into their illness at some time in the past and 65 (58.6%) at the time of assessment. Those presently showing poor insight were significantly (Pearson rs, p < .01, 2-tailed) more frequently rated as currently displaying poor judgement also in other matters (r = .50), as showing social withdrawal (r = .42) and poor rapport (r = .33), and as being preoccupied with their delusions or hallucinations (r = .31) and as being unreliable informants (r = .41). They usually had lower education (r = .33), their income in the last taxation year was lower (r = .47), and their work functioning was less adequate (r = .30).
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.95.3.821-827