1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453692903321

Titolo

Awareness of deficit after brain injury : clinical and theoretical issues / / edited by George P. Prigatano, Daniel L. Schacter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-280-76015-X

9786610760152

0-19-802257-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

617.4/81

Soggetti

Brain damage

Anosognosia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Anosognosia Related to Hemiplegia and Hemianopia; 3. Anosognosia of Linguistic Deficits in Patients with Neurological Deficits; 4. Anosognosia: Possible Neuropsychological Mechanisms; 5. Disturbance of Self-Awareness After Frontal System Damage; 6. Unawareness of Deficits in Dementia and Schizophrenia; 7. Disturbances of Self-Awareness of Deficit After Traumatic Brain Injury; 8. Unawareness of Deficit and Unawareness of Knowledge in Patients with Memory Disorders; 9. Three Possible Mechanisms of Unawareness of Deficit

10. Reality Monitoring: Evidence from Confabulation in Organic Brain Disease Patients11. Anosognosia, Consciousness, and the Self; 12. Role of Psychological Factors in Disordered Awareness; 13. Anosognosia and Denial of Illness; 14. Forms of Unawareness; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Introduction, George P. Prigatano and Daniel L. Schacter. 2. Anosognosia Related to Hemiplegia and Hemianopia, Edoardo Bisiach and Guiliano Geminiani. 3. Anosognosia of Linguistic Deficits in Patients with Neurological Deficits, Alan B. Rubens. 4. Anosognosia:



Possible Neuropsychological Mechanisms, Kenneth M. Heilman. 5. Disturbance of Self-Awareness After Frontal System Damage, Donald T. Stuss. 6. Unawareness of Deficits in Dementia and Schizophrenia, Susan M. McGlynn and Alfred W. Kaszniak. 7. Disturbances of Self-Awareness of Deficit After Traumatic Brain Injury, George P. Prigatano. 8.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823753703321

Autore

Deutsch Nancy L

Titolo

Pride in the projects : teens building identities in urban contexts / / Nancy L. Deutsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2008

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008]

2008

ISBN

9780814720363

0814720366

9780814785218

0814785212

9788147203669

8147203667

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Qualitative studies in psychology

Disciplina

155.5/1825

Soggetti

Identity (Psychology) in adolescence - United States

Urban youth - United States - Psychology

Youth with social disabilities - United States - Psychology

Interpersonal relations - United States

After-school programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"There are birds in the projects": understanding the ecology of adolescent development in urban America -- "I give people a lot of respect": the self in interpersonal relationships -- "I never thought kids would look up to someone like me": Lorenzo's story -- "I can't act



ghetto in the ghetto no more": self, society, and social categories -- "I've never seen any dark-skinned girls in videos": Nicole's story -- "I can't lose to no girl, man": the gendered self -- "Manly, take charge, the head man, the king": John's story -- "If I never came here I'd be irresponsible, like a little kid": after-school programs as sites of development and identity construction.

Sommario/riassunto

Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc