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. 1992 May-Jun;6(3):267-70.
doi: 10.3109/02699059209029668.

Fluoxetine improves emotional incontinence

G M Seliger  1 , A Hornstein, J Flax, J Herbert, K Schroeder
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Fluoxetine improves emotional incontinence

G M Seliger et al. Brain Inj. 1992 May-Jun.

Abstract

Emotional incontinence is a behavioural syndrome characterized by involuntary weeping, grimacing, and/or laughter. We investigated the efficacy of fluoxetine in 13 patients with emotional incontinence. All 13 patients demonstrated dramatic improvement in emotional lability within 3 to 14 days.

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