Impaired self-awareness after moderately severe to severe traumatic brain injury.
Patients with moderately severe to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can demonstrate disturbances in self-awareness several months or years after injury. Patients may underreport cognitive and behavioral difficulties, which are the true residuals of their brain injury. Increasingly, research indicates that the residuals of these disturbances in consciousness greatly affect the process and outcome of rehabilitation. A recent model for conceptualizing disturbances of self-awareness after various forms of brain injury is reviewed.
Prigatano
G P
GP
Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, USA. gprigat@chw.edu
D001364:Awareness; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome