Talk:Anosognosia
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The name of this condition bugs me... In Greek, "anosognosia" means "knowledge of a non-illness". "Non-knowledge of an illness" would be "nosoagnosia"... Anyway, just my 5 cents. Poromenos 12:20, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi Vaughan. I noticed you reverted my addition of Dunning-Kruger Syndrome, and I've just reverted your deletion of it. I reckon it is relevant under the "see also" section: it is a form of impairment that sufferers do not realize they have. OK, so it's not due to injury, but surely it's still relevant. best wishes, Robinh 21:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- Fair enough, seems a good reason to me. Thanks Robin - Vaughan 10:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Pronunciation
Did I miss it or is there no pronunciation key for this word?
[edit] Treatment Section
The last sentence of the treatment section goes strait into saying something about "inoperable limbs". It doesn't seem to fit into the paragraph the way it is. SadanYagci 01:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Insight in psychosis
This article seems to have strayed from the neuropsychological syndrome of anosognosia after brain injury to largely talk about lack of insight in psychosis which is not what anosognosia refers to. The name is reserved from lack of insight after frank neurological disorder, as a search of PubMed shows. - Vaughan 07:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
- The term's pretty common in psychiatry, due to the viewpoint of Fuller Torrey (Treatment Advocacy Center). Practically speaking, it refers to patients who challenge their doctor's point of view. 208.181.100.27 (talk) 19:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I just came to discuss this but saw that Vaughan has written it already. I really think that the article would be better if the psychiatric use of the term was kept separately, perhaps in another article or as a smaller note at the end of this one. It is primarily known as a neurological disorder and the article does not reflect this.--Ihatechoosingnames (talk) 22:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 'There is Nothing Wrong with Me' symptom
There have been many an elderly person put away into nursing homes so they can get at their property. Current law in most states does not require legal help for the elderly, but allows it. Oftentimes the elderly person has few social connections in which to draw help, and little time is afforded them prior to having to face legal proceedings. There is a profit motive for nursing homes to take these people with no questions asked, and often they are put on powerful antipsychotic medication to dull their ability to resist once there. The atypical antipsycotics cost about 400 to 600 dollars a month to which medicare is billed, promotes diabetes and sudden unexplained death (see drugs@fda website for label information on Abilify and other drugs of this class). See also Indiana Code regarding committment laws.
71.114.183.105 (talk) 21:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
