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Executive dysfunction and insight in schizophrenic patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

C. Silveira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
R. Curral
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
A. Norton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
S. Costa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
I. Domingues
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
F. Barbosa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
A. Palha
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

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Objectives:

There are many studies reporting poor insight in schizophrenic patients. Other studies demonstrated deficits in executive functions in these same patients.

The results of empirical studies that try to establish the relationship between levels of insight and various clinical and neuropsychological variables are not consistent.

The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between the executive functions, as defined by the Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS- N. Alderman, 1996) and the level of insight, evaluated by Assessment of Insight in Psychosis scale (I. Marková, 2002). We also tried to correlate some clinical variables (age, gender, age of onset, schoolarity, type of pharmacotherapy, severity of psychopathology) with the level of insight and executive dysfunction.

Population and Methods

we studied 50 schizophrenic outpatients of the Psychiatry Department of our Hospital, whose age ranged between 16 and 60 years, and who had stabilized disease. Informed Consent was obtained from all participants.

We evaluated patients trough the following sequence: clinical interview in order to obtain clinical and social variables; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE – M. Folstein,1975); Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS - Kay SR, 1987),Assessment of Insight in Psychosis Scale (I. Marková, 2002) and Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS- N. Alderman, 1996).

Results and Conclusions

The study is now under statistically evaluation.

Type
Poster Session 1: Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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