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ReviewSchizophrenia bulletin2019

The Multiple Dimensions of Insight in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders.

Martino Belvederi Murri, Mario Amore

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Review in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Understanding the burden of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia: Results from the international LUCIA study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026
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  12. Insight Paradox in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Concept Analysis.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Martino Belvederi MurriPsychiatric Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Mario AmorePsychiatric Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of insight is used to indicate the propensity of patients with schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders to recognize their illness and engage in treatment. Thus, insight may have notable consequences for the ill individual: Those who lack insight are at higher risk of nonadherence to treatments, negative clinical outcomes, and worse community functioning. Although insight is an intuitive concept, its essence remains difficult to capture. However, many rating scales are available to aid assessment, both for clinical and research purposes. Insight cannot be reduced to a symptom, a psychological mechanism, or a neuropsychological function. It is likely to have dynamic relationships with all these dimensions and with responses to personal events and contextual factors. In particular, social consequences of mental illness and explanatory models that are alternative to the medical model may fundamentally shape insight and treatment choice. Moreover, the cultural or individual stigmatization of mental illness may turn the acquisition of insight into a painful event and increase the risk of depression. Clinicians need to carefully evaluate and promote insight through a personalized approach to aid patient process of care and personal growth.

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AwarenessDiagnostic Self EvaluationMetacognitionSchizophreniaSocial PerceptionSocial StigmaHumansadherencedepressioninsightschizophreniasocial cognitionstigma

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PMID29939361
PMCPMC6403083

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