TY - JOUR
KW - Awareness
KW - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
KW - Brain injury
AU - J.M. Muñoz Céspedes
AU - M. García Valcárcel
AU - I. Urruticoechea Sarriegui
AU - I. Iruarrizaga
AB - Lack 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.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - Lack 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.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 1999
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 313
EP - 325
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Self-awareness of deficit in rehabilitation of brain injured patients
VL - 5
ER -