Objective: An important issue that should be considered in psychiatric interview, is to measure patients’ insight level and awareness of own health state. Insight level is an important factor in prognosis, drug compliance, and treatment history. Outline of this survey study is about the effect of psychiatric drugs on psychiatric patients’ insight in Qods Educational Center of Medicine.
Method: This research is an experimental study that assesses patients’ insight level before and after drug treatment. The statistical population was consisting of all psychiatric Patients, who were hospitalized in Qods Educational Center of Medicine. The sample covers 200 randomly selected hospitalized patients (100 mood disorder spectrum and 100 psychotic disorder spectrum), and their insight level was rated by psychologists in 6 levels before drug treatment and after treatment right before they were discharged.
Results: Results indicated that there is a significant difference between insight scores rated before and after drug treatment. Mean insight scores were1.93 in psychotic disorder group and 2.34 in mood disorder patients, before treatment. Mean insight scores after treatment were 4.17 for psychotic patients and 4.9 for mood disorder patients.
Conclusion: Medical treatment can be useful in patients with poor insight who deny their psychiatric disorder. Medical treatment can be effective as the primary way to prevent remission and rehospitalization.