Title: Insight and psychosis : awareness of illness in schizophrenia and related disorders /
Authors: Amador, Xavier Francisco; David, Anthony S.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Psychoses Diagnosis.; Schizophrenia; Insight.; Self-perception; Mental status examination.; Awareness [MESH]; Psychotherapy [MESH]; Psychotic Disorders psychology [MESH]
Abstract: "The book will act as a source for students and researchers interested in pursuing any number of questions and controversies around lack of insight and awareness, and will guide clinical psychologists and psychiatrists who seek a broader view of the many facets of insight that might arise during their day-to-day work."--Jacket.
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 towards insight in schizophrenia / Yoshiharu Kim -- 12. The relationship of insight to violent behavior and stigma / E. Fuller Torrey -- 13. Why lack of insight should have a central place in mental health law / Ken J. Kress -- pt. IV. Clinical and personal implications of poor insight -- 14. Delusions, action, and insight / Alec Buchanan and Simon C. Wessely -- 15. The relationship between insight into psychosis and compliance with medications / Joseph P. McEvoy -- 16. Awareness of illness in schizophrenia : advances from psychosocial rehabilitation research / Paul H. Lysaker and Morris D. Bell -- 17. Inside "insight" -- a personal perspective on insight in psychosis / Frederick J. Frese III -- 18. The clinical importance of insight : an overview / Anthony S. David.