The paradoxical role of insight in mental illness: The experience of stigma and shame in schizophrenia, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders

This study examined the factor structure of the Hungarian version of the Birchwood Insight Scale (BIS) and analyzed its association with socio-demographics, diagnosis, internalized stigma, and shame using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with covariates. Mentally ill patients (N  = 200) completed self-report questionnaires. CFA supported two-factor structure. While previous hospitalizations and diagnosis were associated with insight, insight predicted higher internalized stigma and shame. Efforts to increase insight should be matter of importance in the wider spectrum o f mental diagnoses.

Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - July 9, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Tzipi Buchman-Wildbaum, Enik ő Váradi, Ágoston Schmelowszky, Mark D. Griffiths, Zsolt Demetrovics, Róbert Urbán Source Type: research