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Insight and Psychosis

David, Anthony S.·1990·British Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1192/bjp.156.6.798
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The concept of insight into psychosis has received scant attention in the psychiatric literature. Drawing on sources such as phenomenology, clinical research and experimental psychology, it is proposed that insight is not an ‘all-or-none’ phenomenon but is composed of three distinct, overlapping dimensions, namely, the recognition that one has a mental illness, compliance with treatment, and the ability to relabel unusual mental events (delusions and hallucinations) as pathological. A scheme is proposed to standardise the assessment of insight to assist further research.

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Authors
David, A. S.
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Published
1990-06
Volume
156
Issue
6
Pages
798-808
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
DOI
10.1192/bjp.156.6.798
OpenAlex
W2145914935
Cited by
1,160
References
5
FWCI
9.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 10077 d)

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