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===Behaviour changes=== A person's personality may be altered due to the tumor-damaging lobes of the brain. Since the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes<ref name="abta.org"/> control inhibition, emotions, mood, judgement, reasoning, and behavior, a tumor in those regions can cause inappropriate social behavior,<ref name=":52">{{Cite web|url=http://milesforhope.org/index.php/facts/brain-tumor-symptoms|title=Brain Tumor Symptoms {{!}} Miles for Hope {{!}} Brain Tumor Foundation| vauthors = Jones C |website=milesforhope.org|access-date=3 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814084958/http://milesforhope.org/index.php/facts/brain-tumor-symptoms|archive-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> temper tantrums,<ref name=":52"/> laughing at things which merit no laughter,<ref name=":52"/> and even psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety.<ref name=":22"/> More research is needed into the effectiveness and safety of medication for depression in people with brain tumors.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Beevers Z, Hussain S, Boele FW, Rooney AG | title = Pharmacological treatment of depression in people with a primary brain tumour | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 2020 | pages = CD006932 | date = July 2020 | issue = 7 | pmid = 32678464 | pmc = 7388852 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD006932.pub4 }}</ref> Personality changes can have damaging effects such as unemployment, unstable relationships, and a lack of control.<ref name=":02" />
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