DISTURBANCES IN EMOTION Flashcards
a complex feeling or state related to mood and affect with psychic, somatic, and behavioral components.
Emotion
the expression or outward manifestation of emotion
Affect
a normal condition wherein emotional tone is in harmony or is consistent with the accompanying thought, idea, or speech. It is also described as broad or ful affect wherein a ful range of emotions is appropriately expressed.
Appropriate affect
inconsistency between the emotional tone and the idea, thought, or speech accompanying it.
Inappropriate affect
characterized by a severe reduction in the intensity of the externalized feeling tone.
Blunted affect
reduction in the intensity of feeling tone It is less severe than blunted affect.
Restricted or constricted affect
the absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression. It can be characterized by an immobile face and a monotonous voice.
Flat affect
rapid and abrupt changes in the emotional feeling tone which is unrelated to an external stimuli
Labile affect
intense elation with feelings of grandeur.
Euphoria
feeling of intense rapture or delight
Ecstasy
the psychopathological feeling of sadness.
Depression
loss of interest and withdrawal from al regular and pleasurable activities. Often associated with depression.
Anhedonia
sadness that is appropriate to a real loss.
Grief or Mourning
inability or difficulty in describing one’s moods or emotions.
Alexithymia
motor restlessness associated with severe anxiety.
Agitation
