The Relation Between Empathy and Insight in Psychiatric Disorders: Phenomenological, Etiological, and Neuro-Functional Mechanisms

The Relation Between Empathy and Insight in Psychiatric Disorders: Phenomenological, Etiological, and Neuro-Functional Mechanisms

Lack of insight, i.e., unawareness of one’s mental illness, is frequently encountered in psychiatric conditions. Insight is the capacity to recognize (psychical insight) and accept one’s mental illness (emotional insight). Insight growth necessitates developing an objective perspective on one’s subj...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bérangère Thirioux, Ghina Harika-Germaneau, Nicolas Langbour, Nematollah Jaafari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
insight
empathy
perspective-taking
self-reflexion
psychiatric disorders
process of objectification
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00966/full

Similar Items

Similar Items