Anosognosia is a condition in which a person with a disability is cognitively unaware of having it due to an underlying physical condition. Anosognosia results ...AnosognosiaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchUnawarenessofone'sownillness,symptomsorimpairmentsMedicalconditionAnosognosiaPronunciation/æˌnɒsɒɡˈnoʊziə/,/æˌnɒsɒɡˈnoʊʒə/SpecialtyPsychiatry,NeurologyAnosognosiaisaconditioninwhichapersonwithadisabilityiscognitivelyunawareofhavingitduetoanunderlyingphysicalcondition.Anosognosiaresultsfromphysiologicaldamagetobrainstructures,typicallytotheparietallobeoradiffuselesiononthefronto-temporal-parietalareaintherighthemisphere,[1][2][3]andisthusaneuropsychiatricdisorder.Adeficitofself-awareness,itwasfirstnamedbytheneurologistJosephBabinskiin1914.[4]Phenomenologically,anosognosiahassimilaritiestodenial,whichisapsychologicaldefensemechanism;attemptshavebeenmadeataunifiedexplanation.[5]Anosognosiaissometimesaccompaniedbyasomatognosia,aformofneglectinwhichpatientsdenyownershipofbodypartssuchastheirlimbs.ThetermisfromAncientGreekἀ-a-,"without",νόσοςnosos,"disease"andγνῶσιςgnōsis,"knowledge".Itisalsoconsideredadisorderthatmakesthetreatmentofthepatientmoredifficult,sinceitmayaffectnegativelythetherapeuticrelationship.[6]Contents1Causes2Psychiatry3Diagnosis4Treatment5Seealso6References7Furtherreading8ExternallinksCauses[edit]Relativelylittlehasbeendiscoveredaboutthecauseoftheconditionsinceitsinitialidentification.Recentstudiesfromtheempiricaldataarepronetoconsideranosognosiaamulti-componentialsyndromeormulti-facetedphenomenon.Thatisitcanbemanifestedbyfailuretobeawareofanumberofspecificdeficits,includingmotor(hemiplegia),sensory(hemianaesthesia,hemianopia),spatial(unilateralneglect),memory(dementia),andlanguage(receptiveaphasia)duetoimpairmentofanatomo-functionallydiscretemonitoringsystems.[1][2]Anosognosiaisrelativelycommonfollowingdifferentcausesofbraininjury,suchasstrokeandtraumaticbraininjury;forexample,anosognosiaforhemiparesis(weaknessofonesideof