Involuntary emotional expression disorder: Definition, diagnosis, and measurement scales

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 12, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Alzheimer's Disease Center   (United States)

^c Deane F Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34248149590     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900025967     Document Type: Review

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