Conditions That Can Change Your Personality

Sources Medically Reviewed on 09/11/2019 Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on September 11, 2019
IMAGES PROVIDED BY:
Thinkstock
SOURCES:
American Psychological Association: “Personality.”
Merck Manual, Consumer Version: “Personality and Behavior Changes.”
Washington University School of Medicine, The Center for Well-Being: “A Comprehensive Assessment of Personality.”
Alzheimer's Association: “Behavioral Symptoms,” “Caregiver Tips and Tools: Personality Changes in Dementia.”
Mayo Clinic: “Alzheimer's Disease,” “Lewy Body Dementia,” “Parkinson's Disease,” “Huntington's Disease,” “Multiple Sclerosis.”
U.S. National Library of Medicine: “Comprehensive management of frontal and cerebellar tumor patients with personality changes and suicidal tendencies,” “Update on Dementia With Lewy Bodies.”
The Brain Tumour Charity: “Personality changes and brain tumours.”
Headway: “Emotional Effects of Brain Injury.”
British Columbia Medical Journal: “Mild traumatic brain injury and psychiatric illness.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “What Is Parkinson's Disease?”
American Parkinson Disease Association: “Changes in Personality.”
Huntington's Disease Society of America: “What Is Huntington's Disease?”
HDSA Center of Excellence, UC Davis Medical Center: “Challenging Behaviors in Huntington's Disease: Strategies for Patients and Families.”
American Cancer Society: “Signs and Symptoms of Adult Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors.”
UCLA Health: “Pituitary Tumor.”
NIH, National Cancer Institute: “NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms.”
Aurora Health Care: “Adenocarcinoma.”
National Stroke Association: “What Is Stroke?”
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, StrokeConnection: “Something's Different: Personality Changes After Stroke.”
Stroke Foundation: “Emotional and personality changes after stroke fact sheet.”
NIH, National Institute of Mental Health: “Depression Basics,” “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,” “Bipolar Disorder.”
American Psychiatric Association: “What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?”
International OCD Foundation: “Living With Someone Who Has OCD. Guidelines for Family Members.”
National Health Service: “Schizophrenia.”
Thyroid Foundation of Canada: “The Thyroid and the Mind and Emotions/Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders.”
Hormone Health Network: “What Does the Thyroid Gland Do?”
MS Society UK: “Other mood and behaviour changes.”
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: “Emotional Changes.”
Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on September 11, 2019
This tool does not provide medical advice. See additional information.
THIS TOOL DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. It is intended for general informational purposes only and does not address individual circumstances. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and should not be relied on to make decisions about your health. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read on the WebMD Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911.