Insight and psychosis.

Muhammad Afzal Javed; Mohsina Mirza

Author(s)

Muhammad Afzal Javed Psychiatry Department, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Lahore, Pakistan; Psychiatry Department, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Mohsina Mirza Psychiatry Department, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Lahore, Pakistan; Psychiatry Department, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

The concept of insight into psychotic illnesses is assuming an important role in the study of different psychiatric illnesses. This paper measures the frequency and extent of different dimensions of insight in three groups of such patients. Depressed patients showed better insight than manics and schizophrenics and a significant positive correlation was found between lack of insight and severity of illness in all three groups. These findings are discussed in terms of the importance of insight in the psychopathology as well as treatment and prognosis of these illnesses.

Publication Details

Page(s) 133-135

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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Year: 1996

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