Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorder.
SUMD
Clinical insight in psychosis - awareness of having a mental disorder, of the social consequences of the disorder, and of the need for treatment, plus symptom-by-symptom awareness and causal attribution
- Length and format
- 3 general awareness items plus paired awareness and attribution ratings for each of ~17-20 symptoms in the full version (~74 possible ratings); an abbreviated 9-item version is widely used (approx, partly unverified). clinician 5-pt severity ratings derived from a semi-structured interview, with a not-applicable option (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- 20+ langs (FR, ES, IT, DE, PT, TR, ZH, JA, KO, FA among them; approx)
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Amador, X.F., Strauss, D.H., Yale, S.A., Flaum, M.M., Endicott, J., & Gorman, J.M. (1993). Assessment of insight in psychosis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150(6), 873-879.
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