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CASE STUDY
One of mental conditions caused by brain disease or brain damage is anosognosia. In such cases, patients deny their disability.
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One of the famous cases of this disease is the case of William Orville Douglas who had served in the United States Supreme Court as Associate Justice for almost 36 years from 1939 to 1974. During the last year of his life, he suffered a right hemisphere stroke, which disabled him. But he was oblivious about his disability. He insisted that nothing was wrong with him. He believed that he was mentally and physically ready to go back to work. When he was asked, "how is your leg?" He replied, "I've been kicking forty-yard field goals with it in the exercise room."