There have been several efforts to describe the dimensions of and illness insight. The following five dimensions for insight in schizophrenia have previously been described:3
1. Awareness of having a mental illness.
2. Awareness of the consequences of mental illness.
3. Awareness of symptoms of mental disorder.
4. Attribution of symptoms to a mental disorder.
5. Awareness of the effects of medication.
References:
1. Vlachos II, Selakovic M, Ralli I, et al. Role of Clinical Insight at First Month in Predicting Relapse at the Year in First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) Patients. J Clin Med 2023; 12: 4261.
2. Reddy. Insight and Psychosis. Indian J Psychol Med 2015; 37: 257–260.
3. Lysaker P, Weiden PJ, O’Sullivan AK, et al. Impaired insight in schizophrenia: impact on patient-reported and physician-reported outcome measures in a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry 2022;22:574.
4. O’Connor JA, Ellet L, Ajnakina O, et al. Can cognitive insight predict symptom remission in a first episode psychosis cohort? BMC Psychiatry 2017; 17: 54.