Insight and treatment compliance in schizophrenia

• Main Authors: Wai, Evangeline Shu Yi, Chew, Judith Heng Ern, Koh, Yun Xuan
• Other Authors: Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52543
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Poor insight into illness is a prevalent and characteristic feature of schizophrenia. According to the WHO International Pilot study of Schizophrenia, 98% of patients with schizophrenia showed a lack of insight into the presence of their mental disorder. Impaired insight has been linked to poor trea...