INSIGHT Flashcards
1
Q
Awareness of having an illness and it’s symptoms
A
Intellectual insight
2
Q
Awareness of the impact the illness has on life and significant others
A
Emotional insight
3
Q
Importance of insight
A
Acceptance of illness
Cooperation with treatment
Improving interpersonal relationships
Improving motivation
4
Q
Factors influencing insight
A
Low IQ
Ignorance
Lost contact with reality
Cultural belief
Psychosis
5
Q
Clinical picture
A
Makes excuses for being hospitalized
Non compliance with medication
Non cooperative with therapy
Denies anything is wrong
