title: [Pathologic crying and emotional incontinence: therapeutic importance and diagnostic distinction].
abstract: Two uncontrollable episodic crying patients are studied. In the first case crying was due to a pathological crying syndrome and it responded to treatment with levodopa. The second case suffered from affective incontinence, within a depressive disorder associated a righ-hemisphere lesion; her uncontrollable crying responded to antidepressive treatment and improved simultaneously to the rest of depressive symptoms. Results showed that both processes have different therapeutical strategies and etiologies. The two patients CT scans support the righ-hemisphere role in emotion control.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Centro Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Medrano
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gobernado
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saiz-Ruiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neill
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology; D003448:Crying; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007980:Levodopa
vernacular_title: Llanto patológico e incontinencia afectiva: importancia terapéutica de su distinción.