Emotional Disorders Associated with Neurological Diseases Lecture Notes

Because the brain is critical for mediating emotional experience and behaviour, diseases of the brain may induce changes in emotional behaviour and experience. Emotional disorder is a mental disorder in which one’s emotions are disturbed to a great extent.

A neurological disorder is any disorder is any disorder of the nervous system. Structural, biochemical or electrical abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or other nerves can result in a range of symptoms.