Insight in Psychosis: Relationship With Neurocognition, Social Cognition and Clinical Symptoms Depends on Phase of Illness

Impact of interpersonal factors on insight in schizophrenia

“…Furthermore, models of insight including personal factors only were significantly improved by the inclusion of IPF. Our results are consistent with those of previous studies reporting positive associations between clinician-rated insight and social cognition (Langdon et al, 2006;Bora et al, 2007;Quee et al, 2011) and contact frequency (White et al, 2000;Tranulis et al, 2008). Our results also provide additional information.…”

The association of lifetime insight and cognition in psychosis

“…Indeed, this finding is consistent with the idea that social cognition and neurocognition are separate constructs although they are related (Sergi et al, 2007). Previous research has also found a significant association between insight and social cognition (Quee et al, 2011). Social cognition is not a unitary construct; it implies emotion processing, social perception, theory of mind and attribution bias.…”

“…Our findings suggest that the ability to manage emotions plays a role in patients' appraisal of their psychiatric condition and awareness of illness. The role of social cognition in insight may be due to patients' difficulty in adopting others' mental perspectives, which may contribute to a lower awareness of illness independently of their general cognitive status (Quee et al, 2011). Since we used the "Managing emotions" part of the MSCEIT to assess social cognition, our results concerning this domain must be circumscribed to the ability to perform tasks involving emotions and solving emotional problems.…”

Differential effects of antipsychotic drugs on insight in first episode schizophrenia: Data from the European First-Episode Schizophrenia Trial (EUFEST)

“…Insight is a complex phenomenon that does not develop in a vacuum. Recent neuroimaging studies have linked insight to other metacognitive processes, such as self-and other reflection , theory of mind (Quee et al, 2011) and empathy . Based on these findings, it was suggested social input may lead to better insight .…”