Insight and psychosis

Insight and psychosis

by Amador, Xavier Francisco David, Anthony S.

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The insight a patient shares into their own psychosis is fundamental to their condition - it goes to the heart of what we understand 'madness' to be. Can a person be expected to accept treatment for a condition that they deny they have? Can a person be held responsible for their actions if those actions are inspired by their own unique perceptions and beliefs - beliefs that no-one else shares? The topic of insight in schizophrenia and related disorders has become a major focus of research in ps…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Insight and psychosis / edited by Xavier F. Amador and Anthony S. David.

Summary

The insight a patient shares into their own psychosis is fundamental to their condition - it goes to the heart of what we understand 'madness' to be. Can a person be expected to accept treatment for a condition that they deny they have? Can a person be held responsible for their actions if those actions are inspired by their own unique perceptions and beliefs - beliefs that no-one else shares? The topic of insight in schizophrenia and related disorders has become a major focus of research in psychiatry and psychology. It has important clinical implications in terms of outcome, treatment adhere.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2004.
  • Edition:2nd ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (402 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:141759991X, 9781417599912, 9786611015732, 6611015736, 9780198525684, 0198525680
  • oclc:ocm60631248
  • LC Classification:RC512
  • Dewey Decimal:616.89

Table of Contents

pt. I. Phenomenology and psychology -- 1. Understanding and assessing insight / Xavier F. Amador and Henry Kronengold -- 2. Insight in the psychoses : a conceptual history / German E. Berrios and Ivana S. Markova -- 3. Insight and delusion : from Jaspers to Kraepelin and back again via Austin / Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford -- 4. Cognitive insight : theory and assessment / Aaron T. Beck and Debbie M. Warman -- 5. Insight and delusions : a cognitive psychological approach / Suzanne Jolley and Philippa A. Garety -- 6. Insight in mood disorders : an empirical and conceptual review / S. Nassir Ghaemi and Klara J. Rosenquist -- pt. II. Neuropsychology -- 7. The neuropsychology of insight in psychiatric and neurological disorders / Frank Laroi, William B. Barr and Richard S.E. Keefe -- 8. Neural correlates of unawareness of illness in psychosis / Laura A. Flashman and Robert M. Roth -- 9. Neuropsychological studies of insight in patients with psychotic disorders / Kevin D. Morgan and Anthony S. David -- pt. III. Insight, culture, and society -- 10. Inside knowledge : cultural constructions of insight in psychosis / Laurence J. Kirmayer, Ellen Corin and G. Eric Jarvis -- 11. Japanese attitudes t…

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Subjects

Examen de l'état mental Insight MEDICAL -- Mental Health MEDICAL -- Psychiatry Mental status examination Perception de soi PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology Psychoses -- Diagnosis Schizophrenia Schizophrenic Psychology Schizophrenie Self Concept Self-perception

Writers

Amador, Xavier Francisco David, Anthony S.

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