The Role of Self–Complexity in Reducing Harmful Insight Among Persons with Schizophrenia. Theoretical and Therapeutic Implications

Persons with schizophrenia who have insight of their disorders might experience depression, hopelessness, and related suicidally. Although the concept of self–complexity appears to be highly relevant as a self–regulating mechanism in the process of coping with depression and hopelessness in populations without schizophrenia, it hardly plays a role in current discussions of the determinants of harmful insight in schizophrenia. In this article the correlates of the harmful impact of insight among persons with schizophrenia and the possible buffering role of self–complexity against harmful influences of insight are discussed.