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{{stub}} '''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== *[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== *[[Depression]] *[[Pseudobulbar affect]] (including uncontrollable laughing and crying) ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Psychological signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Neurological signs and symptoms]]
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