[When insight on disease is halting. I. Clinical assessment of impaired insight--current research summarized].
This review explores the definition, assessment and possible restoration of impaired insight in psychosis. Hypotheses concerning the neuropsychological correlates of insight impairment are discussed. The distinction between impaired insight in psychosis and impaired awareness and psychological denial in other medical conditions is emphasised.
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Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg. Jan-Erik.Starmark@neuro.gu.se
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001364:Awareness; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012106:Research