Joke addiction
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F07.0 | Organic personality disorder |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
As joke addiction or Moria ( ancient Greek μωρία mōría "folly"), an expansive- jovial behavior is described in medicine , which occurs mostly in organic damage to the brain - especially the frontal lobe ( frontal brain syndrome ). The victim is tempted to keep telling inappropriate jokes or stories.
Individual evidence
- ^ Joke addiction . In: Roche Lexicon Medicine . 5th edition. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-437-15072-3 ( Gesundheit.de/roche [accessed on August 27, 2009]).
- ↑ Eugen and Manfred Bleuler : Textbook of Psychiatry. Springer 1983, ISBN 3-540-11833-0 , p. 115, Google book excerpt