Assisted outpatient treatment and anosognosia

This training, hosted by Scott Smith, Ph.D., is designed to help families and advocates a symptom of serious mental illness called anosognosia, how it contributes to someone’s inability to consistently engage in treatment, and how assisted outpatient treatment is designed to help. Learn about how anosognosia, or the impairment to recognize one’s illness, might be affecting certain areas of the brain. Use the chapters below to navigate the content in this video.
Chapters:
00:00 Opening
00:23 What is anosognosia?
01:06 How common is anosognosia?
02:31 Anosognosia and the brain: the frontal lobe
03:48 Anosognosia and the brain: the parietal lobe
04:17 Anosognosia and the brain: the insular cortex
06:02 What does AOT do?
7:00 Closing