01279nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001400118653003800132653001700170100002600187700002600213700003100239700001900270245007400289300001200363490000600375520065200381022001401033020001401047       1999                            d  c07/1999bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAwareness10aNeuropsychological Rehabilitation10aBrain injury1 aJ.M. Muñoz Céspedes1 aM. García Valcárcel1 aI. Urruticoechea Sarriegui1 aI. Iruarrizaga00aSelf-awareness of deficit in rehabilitation of brain injured patients  a313-3250 v53 aLack of awareness of deficits – specially cognitive and emotional- that frequently present people after brain injury establishes a fundamental variable in the design of evaluation and neuropsychological rehabilitation strategies. The present paper offers an operative definition of this concept, reveals the limitations of using selfreports in that population, analyzes the complex relationship between cognitive and emotional deficits after a brain damage and, mainly, emphasizes the consequences of unawareness of limitations in both, neuropsychological rehabilitation process and the subsequent social and labour integration of these persons.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437