病びょう識しき

noun

awareness of being ill; insight into one's illness

Medical/psychological term for a patient's recognition that they have a disease or disorder. Often used in contexts of mental health, where lack of insight is a symptom.

• 統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょうの患かん者じゃは病びょう識しきが乏とぼしいことがある。

  Patients with schizophrenia sometimes lack insight into their illness.

• 治ち療りょうを続つづけるためには、病びょう識しきを持もつことが大たい切せつです。

  To continue treatment, it is important to have awareness of your illness.