How internalised stigma reduces self-esteem in schizophrenia: the crucial role of off-line metacognition.

Conclusion: Results suggest that IS reduces self-esteem by negatively impacting metacognition, such as perception of cognitive difficulties. We suggest that taking metacognition into account in the form of metacognitive complaints may be relevant in interventions aiming at reducing IS in psychosis. PMID: 31931674 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31931674?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry - January 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cogn Neuropsychiatry Source Type: research