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Review
. 1990 Jun:156:798-808.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.6.798.

Insight and psychosis

A S David  1
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Insight and psychosis

A S David. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

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 insights to assist further research.

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  • Insight and psychosis.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Nov;157:773-5. doi: 10.1192/s0007125000046870. Br J Psychiatry. 1990. PMID: 1980628 No abstract available.
  • Insight.
    Klemperer F. Klemperer F. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Sep;157:454. doi: 10.1192/bjp.157.3.454b. Br J Psychiatry. 1990. PMID: 2245286 No abstract available.

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