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: ...

This article is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In long-term care environments, it’s not uncommon for site staff including nurses, administrators, physical therapists, physicians and ...

—The effort required to manage a patient’s physical manifestations of ALS often overshadows the disease’s psychological burdens. That’s changing. Reviewed by Aaron Miller, MD, Professor of Neurology, ...

Rare diseases reveal that our sense of identity rests on fragile biological infrastructure, much of it operating outside ...

Although pseudobulbar affect (PBA)—which is characterized by uncontrollable and exaggerated or inappropriate laughing or crying—typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or brain ...

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 ...

March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, a time to shine light on a disease that affects an estimated 900,000 people in the US. Board Certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Headache ...