S218. INSIGHT AND SUBJECTIVITY

• Published in: Schizophrenia bulletin Vol. 44; no. suppl_1; pp. S410 - S411
• Main Authors: Monserrat, Clara, Sanchez-Cabezudo, Dolores, Garcia-Ribera, Carles, Massons, Carmina, Nieto, Lourdes, Pousa, Esther, Cobo, Jesús, Ruiz, Ada, Ochoa, Susana, Usall, Judith
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Abstracts
• ISSN: 0586-7614; 1745-1701
• DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby018.1005

Abstract Background The awareness of mental disorder or insight refers to the ability to perceive the disorder itself and the symptoms, the effects of the treatment and the social consequences of the disorder; and also the ability to attribute the symptoms to a mental disorder. Lack of insight is frequent in schizophrenia and is associated with a low adherence to the treatment and to a worse evolution. A greater insight has been associated with a lower psychopathological severity and with higher levels of depression. On the other hand, subjective insight refers not only to what happens to the patient but also to how he feels and to the perception of the changes that he undergoes during the psychotic experience. The subjective perception of change is a position that can easily lead to connect with painful and depressive feelings, so it can be assumed that subjective insight could be related more consistently with the depressive symptoms than the clinical insight. Methods Observational cross-sectional study of a group of 114 schizophrenia patients treated in the psychiatry devices of the Parc de Salut Mar and Parc Taulí Instruments: SUMD, Markova and Berrios Scale and Calgary scale for depression in psychosis. Results Subjective insight is significantly correlated with Lindenmayer’s depressive factor and depression level measured by a Calgary scale. Clinical insight correlates with positive and excitatory symptoms. The time of evolution explains the non-awareness of the social consequences of the disease. Discussion The subjective insight into schizophrenia is mainly related to the depressive symptoms. The clinical insight into schizophrenia is related to positive symptoms.