New Yorker Magazine Article Draws Attention to Anosognosia, or Poor Insight into One's Own Mental Illness

Rachel Aviv tells the tragic story of a northeastern woman who starved to death in a vacant farmhouse after having been diagnosed with mental illness including anosognosia, or poor insight into her own mental illness. See the abstract of "God Knows Where I Am: What should happen when patients reject their diagnosis" at www.newyorker.com. For more information about anosognosia, see "Anosognosia: The Most Devastating Symptom of Mental Illness," by Kevin Thompson at Improve Your Brain or www.mentalmeds.org .