Investigating the effect of insight on patient outcomes in psychosis and its interactions with other symptoms.
This project will aim to identify interactions between patient insight in psychosis and other symptoms, and the effects of this on patient prognosis. This builds on a previous project carried out last year exploring the effect of specific first-rank symptoms of schizophrenia (delusions of passivity and thought interference including insertion, broadcast and withdrawal) that revealed a significant interaction between these symptoms and patient outcomes. It is likely that this effect is mediated by patient insight into their condition, leading to the present suggested study.