title: Neurocognitive basis of insight in schizophrenia.
abstract: People with schizophrenia have been categorised into three groups: those with full insight (aware, correct attributers); those aware of being unwell, but who misattributed their symptoms (aware, incorrect attributers); and those unaware of being ill (unaware). Cluster analysis of 'awareness of illness'and 'relabelling of symptoms'scores on the Schedule for the Assessment of Insight confirmed three distinct subgroups. The unaware group were impaired on executive and memory tests, whereas those in the aware, misattributing group were cognitively intact. Findings support an association between unawareness of illness and executive dysfunction, and highlight the separation of symptom misattribution from unawareness of illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mysore
authors.forename: Randolph W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Parks
authors.forename: Kwang-Hyuk
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Rajinder S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bhaker
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Birkett
authors.forename: Peter W R
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Woodruff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001364:Awareness; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology