Background: Schizophrenia is among the major causes of disability worldwide and the
mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly elevated. There is a growing …

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on our own cognition and mental states. It is a critical
aspect of human subjective experience and operates across many hierarchical levels of …

Objectives: Neurocognitive dysfunction is milder in bipolar disorders than in schizophrenia
spectrum disorders, supporting a dimensional approach to severe mental disorders. The aim …

Lack of insight or unawareness of illness are the hallmarks of many psychiatric disorders,
especially schizophrenia (SCZ) and other psychoses and could be conceived of as a failure …

Background Hippocampal dysfunction and volume reductions have been reported in
patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The hippocampus consists of anatomically …

The concept of cognitive insight was introduced in 2004 to describe the capacity of patients
with psychosis to distance themselves from their psychotic experiences, reflect on them, and …

Cognitive insight is the ability to re-evaluate thoughts and beliefs in order to make thoughtful
conclusions. It differs from clinical insight, as it focuses on more general metacognitive …

Background Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated associations between smaller
auditory cortex volume and auditory hallucinations (AH) in schizophrenia. Reduced cortical …

Relationships between cortical brain structure and neurocognitive functioning have been
reported in schizophrenia, but findings are inconclusive, and only a few studies in bipolar …