Pseudobulbar Affect and Abulia in Brain Injury

Saturday, February 21, 2026

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM AST

Location: 202 A

Course Director(s)

Matthew Puderbaugh, DO

Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota

Speaker(s)

Meta W. Williams, DO (she/her/hers)

Resident Physician
University of Minnesota
Chandra Bouma, MD (she/her/hers)

Psychiatry Resident
HCMC-Regions Residency Program

Brief Session Description : Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA, also known as Pathological Laughing and Crying) and Amotivational Syndromes (also known as Apathy or Abulia) are clinical syndromes that have been reported in Traumatic Brain Injury, but are not well understood and may go unrecognized. This course will cover these conditions and what treatment options are available.