Insight in schizophrenia: associations with empathy

@article{Pijnenborg2012InsightIS,
  title={Insight in schizophrenia: associations with empathy},
  author={Gerdina Hendrika Maria Pijnenborg and Jacoba M Spikman and Bertus F Jeronimus and Andr{\'e} Aleman},
  journal={European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience},
  year={2012},
  volume={263},
  pages={299-307}
}

• Gerdina Hendrika Maria Pijnenborg, Jacoba M Spikman, +1 author André Aleman
• Published 2012 in
  European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical…
• DOI:10.1007/s00406-012-0373-0

Many people with schizophrenia (50–80 %) demonstrate impaired insight, something which has been associated with a poorer outcome. Two types of empathy can be distinguished: affective empathy via shared emotions and cognitive empathy, also referred to as Theory of Mind (ToM). ToM can be subdivided into cognitive ToM (knowledge about beliefs of other people… CONTINUE READING

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