Insight in Psychiatry

Authors

  • Ana Margarida P. Cardoso

Keywords:

insight, psychosis, schizophrenia.

Abstract

The sign that something is happening contribute for the patient recognize something strange is happening with him. The recognize do that the subject may perform a active function and be a collaborate element of their recovery process. Each disease presents, however, different symptoms, once that each psychiatric illness consists in different disorders with several effects under the mental function. This way, the insight phenomenon recorded in each illness is different and expressed under different ways, not only do to clinical manifestations of the illness but also to the subject individual characteristics.

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Published

2009-02-04

How to Cite

CARDOSO, A. M. P. Insight in Psychiatry. Fractal: Journal of Psychology, v. 20, n. 2, p. 347-356, 4 Feb. 2009.

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