• DOI:10.3109/00048679609065020
Corpus ID: 30407097

Pathological Laughing and Crying

@article{Dark1996PathologicalLA,
  title={Pathological Laughing and Crying},
  author={F. Dark and J. McGrath and M. Ron},
  journal={Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry},
  year={1996},
  volume={30},
  pages={472 - 479}
}

F. Dark, J. McGrath, M. Ron

Published 1996

Psychology, Medicine

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Objective: To review the clinical features, neurobiological correlates and treatment of pathological laughing and crying. Method: Selective literature review. Results: Attacks of involuntary, irresistible laughing or crying have long been recognised as sequelae of brain damage. There is controversy about the clinical features of these attacks, the stimuli that provoke them and their relation to affective disorder. The pathophysiology of pathological laughing and crying is still unclear. It can… CONTINUE READING

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