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 observable to others
Affect
A normal condition where in emotional tone is harmony or is consistent with accompanying thought, idea, or speech. It is also describe as broad or full affect wherein a full 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 or tone. It is less severe than blunted affect
Restricter or constricted affect
The absence or near absence of any signs of affective expressiom. It can be characterized by immobile face and a monotomous voice
Flat affect
Rapid and abrupt changes in the emotional feeling tone which is unrelated to an external stimuli
Labile affect