title: [Anosognosia and anosodiaphoria in brain-damaged patients].
abstract: Anosognosia and anosodiaphoria are terms that have frequently been used to cover a wide variety of different concepts. A review of the literature provides the point of departure for presentation of the methodological problems arising from the use of these terms. We then discuss the concept of anosognosia as a linguistic behavioural pattern arising from the patient's reaction to the "non-accessibility" of a cerebral lesion. Anosognosia can thus be interpreted as behaviourally analogous to neglect. Anosodiaphoria is presented as a form of behaviour determined by the patient's attempt to come to terms with the consequences that a cerebral lesion has for his way of life.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychologische Abteilung, Städtischen Krankenhauses München-Bogenhausen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Säring
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prosiegel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: von Cramon
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Zum Problem der Anosognosie und Anosodiaphorie bei hirngeschädigten Patienten.