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'''Emotional liability''' occurs in a number of neurological diseases.<ref name="emotionaloutburstsinMS">{{Cite web|last=Multiple Sclerosis Society|title=Anger laughter and tears understanding emotional outbursts in MS|url= https://www.mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/resources-and-publications/publications-search/anger-laughter-and-tears-understanding-emotional-outbursts-in-ms|date=Jul 2015}}</ref><ref name=emotionaloutburstsinMS />
'''Emotional liability''' is emotional instability including becoming easily emotional and experiencing uncontrollable emotions, and/or emotions that are out of proportion to circumstances.<ref name="DSM5gloss">{{Cite book | title = DSM-5 | last = American Psychiatric Association | date = 2015 | pages = 821}}</ref> Emotions may or may not reflect what the person is feeling, and sudden outbursts of emotion may occur.<ref name="emotionaloutburstsinMS" /> Emotional instability, sometimes called emotionalism, can be the result of a personality trait,<ref name="DSM5gloss" /> but also occurs in a number of neurological diseases including [[multiple sclerosis]], and untreated [[Chronic Lyme disease]].<ref name="emotionaloutburstsinMS">{{Cite web | last = Multiple Sclerosis Society | title = Anger laughter and tears understanding emotional outbursts in MS|url= https://www.mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/resources-and-publications/publications-search/anger-laughter-and-tears-understanding-emotional-outbursts-in-ms | date = Jul 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | title = Neurology Review for Psychiatrists | pages = 278|isbn=978-0-7817-6666-1|edition=|volume=|language=en| title-link = | url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=caqC035xk7YC&lpg=PA278&dq=lability&pg=PA278#v=onepage&q&f=false|access-date= | date = 2008-11-01| publisher = Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | last = Savitz | first = Sean I. | authorlink = | last2 = Ronthal | first2 = Michael | authorlink2 = |veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last = |editor-first = | editor1-link = |editor-last2 = |editor-first2 = }}</ref>
 
==PBA and depression==
 
Emotional liability is different to the [[pseudobulbar affect]] (PBA), which typically involves uncontrollable or pathological laughing and crying, for example uncontrollable laughing at funerals. In PBA, emotional outbursts may be triggered by mild or neutral stimuli and they may not always reflect the person's actual feelings.<ref name="drugscom">{{Cite web |  url = https://www.drugs.com/mcd/pseudobulbar-affect | title = Pseudobulbar affect Disease Reference Guide|website=Drugs.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>
 
Emotional instability may sometimes be mistaken for [[depression]].


==Learn more==
==Learn more==
*[https://www.mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/resources-and-publications/publications-search/anger-laughter-and-tears-understanding-emotional-outbursts-in-ms Anger laughter and tears understanding emotional outbursts in MS]]
*[https://www.mssociety.org.uk/care-and-support/resources-and-publications/publications-search/anger-laughter-and-tears-understanding-emotional-outbursts-in-ms Anger laughter and tears understanding emotional outbursts in MS]


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 23:37, March 4, 2023

Emotional liability is emotional instability including becoming easily emotional and experiencing uncontrollable emotions, and/or emotions that are out of proportion to circumstances.[1] Emotions may or may not reflect what the person is feeling, and sudden outbursts of emotion may occur.[2] Emotional instability, sometimes called emotionalism, can be the result of a personality trait,[1] but also occurs in a number of neurological diseases including multiple sclerosis, and untreated Chronic Lyme disease.[2][3]

PBA and depression[edit | edit source]

Emotional liability is different to the pseudobulbar affect (PBA), which typically involves uncontrollable or pathological laughing and crying, for example uncontrollable laughing at funerals. In PBA, emotional outbursts may be triggered by mild or neutral stimuli and they may not always reflect the person's actual feelings.[4]

Emotional instability may sometimes be mistaken for depression.

Learn more[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 American Psychiatric Association (2015). DSM-5. p. 821.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Multiple Sclerosis Society (July 2015). "Anger laughter and tears understanding emotional outbursts in MS".
  3. Savitz, Sean I.; Ronthal, Michael (November 1, 2008). Neurology Review for Psychiatrists. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-7817-6666-1.
  4. "Pseudobulbar affect Disease Reference Guide". Drugs.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020.