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Emotional lability after stroke

P L Morris1, R G Robinson, B Raphael

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria.

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
|December 1, 1993
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Emotional lability affects 18% of first-ever stroke patients and is linked to anterior brain lesions, not depression. This emotional-behavioral syndrome may stem from specific brain injuries.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Emotional lability is a recognized post-stroke complication.
  • Its prevalence and specific contributing factors require further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of emotional lability after a first-ever stroke.
  • To identify demographic, clinical, and lesion-related factors associated with emotional lability.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 66 first-ever stroke patients were assessed two months post-stroke.
  • Data collected included emotional lability presence, demographics, clinical history, psychiatric status, and stroke lesion location.

Main Results:

  • Emotional lability was identified in 18% (12/66) of patients.

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  • Emotional lability was independent of post-stroke depression.
  • Lesions in anterior cerebral regions were associated with four times higher odds of emotional lability.

    • Conclusions:

    • Emotional lability is a common syndrome following stroke, distinct from post-stroke depression.
    • Anterior cerebral hemisphere lesions are implicated in the development of emotional lability.