Journal article
Common Sense, Insight, and Neuropsychological Test Performance in Schizophrenia Patients
Schizophrenia bulletin, v 22(4), pp 635-641
1996
PMID: 8938917
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Abstract
We report an exploratory
study examining the interrelationships among common sense, insight into psychosis, and
performance on a battery of neuropsychological tests in 32 patients with schizophrenia
evaluated at the time of discharge from involuntary hospitalization at a State psychiatric
hospital. Common sense, as measured by the Social Knowledge Questionnaire, was associated with
better performance across tests measuring parietal lobe functioning and vocabulary. In
addition, patients with more common sense were more likely to say that they were ill and needed
treatment. A global measure of insight, the Insight and Treatment Attitudes Questionnaire
(ITAQ), was related to performance on a test of left parietal lobe function. However, the
responses to the ITAQ item that may best reflect current awareness of mental illness in
patients at the time of discharge ("After you are discharged, is it possible you may
have mental problems again?") were related to performance on tests of the functioning
of the prefrontal lobes and the right and left parietal lobes. These results add to the growing
evidence that some of the deficits in awareness of illness among patients with schizophrenia
are related to the neuropsychological dysfunction commonly seen in patients with this
disorder.
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Details
- Title
- Common Sense, Insight, and Neuropsychological Test Performance in Schizophrenia Patients
- Creators
- Joseph P. McEvoy - Duke Medical CenterMarilyn Hartman - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDiane GottliebSandra GodwinL. Joy Apperson - Duke Medical CenterWilliam Wilson - Duke Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Schizophrenia bulletin, v 22(4), pp 635-641
- Publisher
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) Program
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1996VT40400007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0029860664
- Other Identifier
- 991021889833704721
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- Psychiatry