Abstract
This study examined the relationship between insight and mental health consumers and providers agreement regarding consumers rated quality of life (QoL). Seventy mental health consumers and their 23 care providers filled-out parallel questionnaires designed to measure consumer QoL. Consumers' insight was also assessed. For most QoL domains, agreement between consumers and providers was higher for persons with high insight. For the Psychological well being dimension a negative correlation was uncovered for persons with low insight indicating disagreement between consumer and provider. These findings are discussed within the context of the literature on insight and agreement between consumer and provider as related to the therapeutic alliance.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 607-612 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Community Mental Health Journal |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Agreement
- Insight
- Quality of life
- Severe mental illness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health