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lability /la·bil·i·ty/ (lah-bil´ĭ-te)
1. the quality of being labile.
2. in psychiatry, emotional instability.

lability.
See labile.

lability [lah-bil´ĭ-te]
1. the quality of being labile.
2. in psychiatry, emotional instability; rapidly changing emotions.

lability
the quality of being labile.

lability
Neurology Neurologic instability, as in an evolving CVA/TIA or spinal cord injury. See Cerebrovascular accident, Spinal cord injury, Transient ischemic attack.


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The researchers administered standardized scales for impulsivity, hostility, anger, anxiety, depression, and affective lability and reported that impulsivity was reduced by 23%, hostility by 24%, lability by 37%, anger by 37%, anxiety by 31%, and depression by 62%.
Further, physicians should be wary of participating in programs in which groups of physicians form their own professional lability insurance companies.
Thus, data have shown that emotional lability and social problems are better indicators of impairments in the daily life of the individual than the level of ADHD symptomatology per se due to the negative impact these problems have on academic, family, and work domains (Melia et al.
 
 
 
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