Impaired insight is common in psychosis, and is related to poor adherence to treatment regimens. Aleman and colleagues (pp. 204–212) have used meta-analytic techniques to demonstrate that certain cognitive deficits, particularly of executive functions, may be linked with insight. However, these have relatively small effect sizes and the authors highlight the need for research into metacognitive...

The title compound, C(12)H(8)BBr, crystallizes with three essentially planar mol-ecules (r.m.s. deviations = 0.018, 0.020 and 0.021Å) in the asymmetric unit: since the title compound is rigid, there are no conformational differences between these three mol-ecules. The crystal packing resembles a herringbone pattern.