RT Journal
A1 Sullivan R
T1 EXperimentally induced somatagnosia
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1969
FD January 1
VO 20
IS 1
SP 71
OP 77
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740130073006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740130073006
AB IN THE CLINICAL treatment of stroke patients, who have accompanying sensorymotor deficit, behaviors and statements are often elicited which suggest that the patient is denying or is unaware of a loss in function in an impaired limb or body segment. Weinstein and Kahn1,2 consider such behavioral responses to be an indication of a "denial of illness" and a demonstration of the patient's drive to appear well. Weinstein and Kahn further suggest that the denial is symptomatic evidence of the diffuse effect of the stroke on the cortical field. Gerstmann3 had previously related the denial to the patient's appreciation of his body image and also claimed that such statements reflected the diffuse nature of the stroke's effect on the body scheme homunculus. Ullman and Gruen4,5 have criticized the use of the term "denial" to describe the behavioral responses of stroke patients since