Anosognosia and major depression in 2 patients with cerebrovascular lesions.
We report 2 patients who developed a neglect syndrome, anosognosia, and major depression immediately after a right hemisphere cerebrovascular lesion. These cases demonstrate that neglect, anosognosia, and major depression may coexist in the same patient, and that the presence of anosognosia does not preclude the patient's recognition of emotional impairment.
Starkstein
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SE
Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Berthier
M L
ML
Fedoroff
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Price
T R
TR
Robinson
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RG
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed