Improved insight affects social outcomes in involuntarily committed psychotic patients: A longitudinal study in the Netherlands

Background: Lack of insight in schizophrenia is associated with negative social outcomes mediated by symptom severity, but longitudinal studies show contradicting findings. Method: After commencement of court-ordered admission, adult patients were enrolled in a prospective study. A relatively homoge...

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Main Authors: Antoon W.B. van Baars, André I. Wierdsma, Michiel W. Hengeveld, Cornelis L. Mulder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-10-01
Series:Comprehensive Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X1300076X