Disturbance of Affect Flashcards
used for happiness or gladness. It is pathological when out of the patient’s actual circumstances.
Cheerfulness
generalized feeling of well being (not amounting to a definite affect of gladness).
Euphoria
Sustained and pervasive emotion that colors the person’s perception of the world.
The patient may report his feelings or the psychiatrist ask how he or she feels.
Mood
The patient present emotional responsiveness that is inferred from his facial expression
Affect
means something in addition to elation, an element of grandeur.
Exaltation
a feeling of happiness, usually with a mystical coloring
Ecstasy
an emotional state characterized by pervasive lack of interest, difficulty to be in pleasure (anhedonia) and sadness not in accord with the patient’s actual circumstances.
Depression
it is and emotional state occurs as a reaction to loss of loved object, the object could be a person; money or status
It could be a part of depressed mood when occurs without cause.
Sadness
is an emotional state characterized by anticipation of danger.
Anxiety
If the source of anticipation is unknown it is called
generalized anxiety
if the anticipation is from potentially non dangerous object or situation it is called
phobia
if the anticipation is from consequences of act or situation it is regarded as
Obsessive fear.
fear accompanied with restlessness
anxious mood
is absence of affect, or loss of emotion, or lack of feel ing (there is loss of both emotional expression and experience). Occurs in some schizophrenics.
Apathy
lack of objective emotional response. (There is loss of emo tional expression, but emotional experience is preserved). Occurs in schizophrenia.
Indifference
occurs in hysteria when the patient`s feelings are not in tune with the problem.ha
a belle indifference
is inability to control the emotions and their expression. The emotional change from one extreme to the other with no obvious cause (e.g. Laughing and weeping. it occurs in gross organic disorders, such as dementia)
Emotional instability or lability
an unprovoked transient angry outburst with violence. (In children and mentally defectives, it is called ‘tantrums’). Occurs in schizophrenia and personality disorders
Morbid anger
inappropriateness of affect to thought content (e.g. the patient feels happy while he believes that he is going to be killed by his enemies).
Incongruity or disharmony of affect
denotes the simultaneous existence of contradic tory emotions (e.g. Love and hate), or ideas (e.g. being present and absent at the same time, or present in two places simultaneously. It occurs in schizophrenia.
Ambivalence
Disturbance of Affect classified as Qualitative disturbance
Incongruity or disharmony of affect
Ambivalence
Disturbance of Affect classified as Quantitative disturbance
Cheerfulness
Euphoria
Exaltation
Ecstacy
Depression
Sadness
Anxiety
Apathy
Indifference
Emotional Deterioration
Emotional Instability or lability
Morbid Anger
