Disturbances of self-awareness and rehabilitation of patients with traumatic brain injury: a 20-year perspective.
Over the last 20 years, numerous papers that are relevant to understanding the problem of impaired self-awareness after moderately severe to severe traumatic brain injury have appeared. This article reviews many of these papers and summarizes salient findings relevant to rehabilitation and future research.
Prigatano
George P
GP
Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA. gprigat@chw.edu
D000377:Agnosia / Q000503:physiopathology; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012647:Self-Assessment