Lack of Insight in Bipolar Disorder The Acute Manic Episode
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 183 (7) , 464-467
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199507000-00007
Abstract
This study examined the clinical correlates of lack of insight in bipolar disorder. In 28 acutely manic patients interviewed upon hospitalization and/or discharge, mean scores on the Insight and Treatment Attitudes Questionnaire (ITAQ) improved only slightly, from 12.0 on admission to 15.5 on discharge (p = .08), despite marked improvement in other psychiatric symptoms. A reciprocal relationship was found between higher ITAQ scores and involuntary hospitalization (r = -.38). Like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder appears to be a condition in which poor insight is a prominent characteristic.Keywords
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