A Case Study Of A Schizophrenia Patient And The Effect
Of Insight On Illness Syndrome
Science Park Research Journal, (December 2013)Abstract
Introduction: Syndrome of Schizophrenia may have relation with patient's awareness; therefore his insight may help him on accelerating his recovery. The aim of this paper is to survey the effect of insight and precognition in a case
of schizophrenia, during the illness and after its cure, on illness syndrome.
Method: the research is a case study upon a person who had experienced schizophrenia, and he has gained his recovery. Ex post facto method has been used during a year through three terms. The case was a B.A. student whom plain schizophrenia was detected with. Duration of the initial curing was 3 months. Means for this research were; insight scale, scale of assessing unawareness of mental disorder, subtlest scale of (MMPI) and semi structuralized interview. Data have been analyzed by mean, variance