Perhaps this situation sounds familiar to you: you are having a calm discussion with a friend about a topic you don't find emotional whatsoever, and you notice that tears are welling up in your friend ...

Dear Carol: My husband has had several strokes and is now in a nursing home where I spend much of each day with him. He’s showing signs of vascular dementia, but what I find most upsetting is his ...

Uncontrolled laughing or crying can be more than just a surprising emotional reaction, it may signal a neurological condition called pseudobulbar affect (PBA). PBA causes sudden, involuntary emotional ...

Two sets of published diagnostic criteria are available to help differentiate PBA from depression. The first set of diagnostic criteria was developed by Poeck in 1969. 3 These 4 criteria include: ...