Lack of insight in schizophrenia: impact on treatment adherence.

摘要: People with schizophrenia commonly lack insight, that is, they are unaware of their illness and the consequences thereof. One most important insight is a failure to recognise need for treatment, leading treatment nonadherence. With several scales now enable objective measurement it possible examine correlates change, including course adherence. Specific interventions, both pharmacological psychotherapeutic, have been developed enhance The extent which second-generation antipsychotic medications, recently released long-acting formulation, improve and/or adherence remains be determined.