European Psychiatry (Jan 2020)

The association between insight and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia: Undirected and Bayesian network analyses

  • Mario Amore,
  • Martino Belvederi Murri,
  • Pietro Calcagno,
  • Paola Rocca,
  • Alessandro Rossi,
  • Eugenio Aguglia,
  • Antonello Bellomo,
  • Giuseppe Blasi,
  • Bernardo Carpiniello,
  • Alessandro Cuomo,
  • Liliana dell’Osso,
  • Massimo di Giannantonio,
  • Giulia Maria Giordano,
  • Carlo Marchesi,
  • Palmiero Monteleone,
  • Cristiana Montemagni,
  • Lucio Oldani,
  • Maurizio Pompili,
  • Rita Roncone,
  • Rodolfo Rossi,
  • Alberto Siracusano,
  • Antonio Vita,
  • Patrizia Zeppegno,
  • Alessandro Corso,
  • Costanza Arzani,
  • Silvana Galderisi,
  • Mario Maj,
  • Italian Network for Research on Psychoses

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.45
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63

Abstract

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• Better insight seems associated with depressive symptoms in schizophrenia. • Network analyses were used to explore this association in a large sample. • Insight was associated with self-depreciation, guilt, and suicidal ideation. • Although cross-sectional, data suggest causal direction from insight to depression.

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