TY - JOUR
T1 - Is poor insight in psychotic disorders associated with poor performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?
AU - Cuesta, Manuel J.
AU - Peralta, Victor
AU - Caro, Francisco
AU - De Leon, Jose
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - Objective: The purpose of this study was to test whether poor insight in patients with psychotic disorders is correlated with their performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Method: The subjects included 52 psychotic patients (35 of whom had schizophrenia) given diagnoses according to DSM- III-R criteria. Their scores on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (number of categories and perseverative responses) were compared with those on three items measuring poor insight: lack of feeling ill, lack of insight, and uncooperativeness. Results: None of the six correlations between scores on the two measures of the neuropsychological test and the three items measuring insight was significant. Conclusions: In spite of its limitations, this study suggests that poor insight may not be associated with poor performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
AB - Objective: The purpose of this study was to test whether poor insight in patients with psychotic disorders is correlated with their performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Method: The subjects included 52 psychotic patients (35 of whom had schizophrenia) given diagnoses according to DSM- III-R criteria. Their scores on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (number of categories and perseverative responses) were compared with those on three items measuring poor insight: lack of feeling ill, lack of insight, and uncooperativeness. Results: None of the six correlations between scores on the two measures of the neuropsychological test and the three items measuring insight was significant. Conclusions: In spite of its limitations, this study suggests that poor insight may not be associated with poor performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.152.9.1380
DO - 10.1176/ajp.152.9.1380
M3 - Article
C2 - 7653699
AN - SCOPUS:0029113547
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 152
SP - 1380
EP - 1382
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 9
ER -