Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , 30 May 2007

Are self-reports valid for schizophrenia patients with poor insight? Relationship of unawareness of illness to psychological self-report instruments

  • Morris Bell

      Affiliations

    • VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT and the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychology Service (116B), VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, United States. Tel.: +1 203 932 5711x2281; fax: +1 203 937 4883.
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  • Joanna Fiszdon

      Affiliations

    • VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT and the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
    • ,
  • Randall Richardson

      Affiliations

    • VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT and the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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  • Paul Lysaker

      Affiliations

    • Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN and the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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  • Gary Bryson

      Affiliations

    • VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT and the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Received 24 October 2005 ,Revised 9 March 2006 ,Accepted 20 April 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00111-9

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.04.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , 30 May 2007

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