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Failures of metacognition and lack of insight in neuropsychiatric disorders.

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David, Anthony S., Bedford, Nicholas, Wiffen, Ben, Gilleen, James·2012·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Abstract

Lack of insight or unawareness of illness are the hallmarks of many psychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia (SCZ) and other psychoses and could be conceived of as a failure in metacognition. Research in this area in the mental health field h as burgeoned with the development and widespread use of standard assessment instruments and the mapping out of the clinical and neuropsychological correlates of insight and its loss. There has been a growing appreciation of the multi-faceted nature of the concept and of the different 'objects' of insight, such as the general awareness that one is ill, to more specific metacognitive awareness of individual symptoms, impairments and performance. This in turn has led to the notion that insight may show modularity and may fractionate across different domains and disorders, supported by work that directly compares metacognition of memory deficits and illness awareness in patients with SCZ, Alzheimer's disease and brain injury. The focus of this paper will be on the varieties of metacognitive failure in psychiatry, particularly the psychoses. We explore cognitive models based on self-reflectiveness and their possible social and neurological bases, including data from structural and functional MRI. The medial frontal cortex appears to play an important role in self-appraisal in health and disease.

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Metadata

Authors
David, A. S., Bedford, N., Wiffen, B., & Gilleen, J.
Affiliations
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Section of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Published
2012-05-19
Volume
367
Issue
1594
Pages
1379-1390
ISSN
  • 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2970
OpenAlex
W2133743374
Cited by
227
References
110
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0510-10129)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
metacognition, insight, anosognosia, schizophrenia, psychosis, neuropsychiatric disorders, disease awareness, self-reflection, medial frontal cortex, self-assessment, memory impairment, Alzheimer's disease, brain injury, functional MRI, structural MRI
MeSH terms
Cognition Disorders, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Models, Neurological

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