mood and affect

Question 1

Observed expression of mood or what the patient’s mood appears to be to the clinician

Answer 1

affect

Question 2

Pervasive and sustained emotion or feeling tone that influences a person’s behavior and colors his perception of being in the world

Answer 2

mood

Question 3

appropriate vs inappropriate affect

Answer 3

appropriate - in harmony with accompanying idea, though, or speech

inappropriate affect - out of harmony with the idea, thought, or speech accompanying it

Question 4

Absence or near absence of any sign of affective expression

Answer 4

flat affect

Question 5

Disturbance of affect manifested by severe reduction in the intensity of externalized feeling or tone

Answer 5

blunted affect

Question 6

reduction in intensity of feeling tone that is less severe than blunted affect

Answer 6

restricted affect

Question 7

Affective expression characterized by rapid and abrupt changes, unrelated to external stimuli

Answer 7

labile effect

Question 8

unpleasantness or discomfort, mood of general dissatisfaction and restlessness

Answer 8

dysphoria

Question 9

normal range - absence of depressed or elevated

Answer 9

euthymia

Question 10

Expression of feelings without restraint, frequently with an overestimation of their significance or importance

● Seen in mania and grandiose delusional disorder

Answer 10

expansive mood

Question 11

one is easily annoyed and provoked to anger

Answer 11

irritable mood

Question 12

lipat between euphoria and depression or anxiety

Answer 12

labile mood

Question 13

Air of confidence and enjoyment - not necessarily pathologic

Answer 13

elevated moof

Question 14

Exaggerated feeling of well being inappropriate to real events

Answer 14

euphoria mood

Question 15

feelings of joy, euphoria, triumph, and intense self-satisfaction or optimism

Answer 15

elation

Question 16

feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self-esteem, and self reproach

Answer 16

depressed mood

Question 17

lLoss of interest in and withdrawal from all regular and pleasurable activities

Answer 17

anhedonia

Question 18

sadness appropriate to a loss, normally, self limited

Answer 18

grief

Question 19

Inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one’s emotion or moods

Answer 19

alexithymia

Question 20

characteristics of mania but less intense

Answer 20

hypomania

Question 21

elation, agitation, hyperactivity, hypersexuality, and accelerated thinking and speaking

Answer 21

mania

Question 22

Severe depressive state characterized by severe anhedonia, early morning awakening, weight loss, profound feelings of guilt;

Answer 22

melancholia

Question 23

Content consistent with mood

Answer 23

Mood congruent delusion/ hallucination

Question 24

Content has no association with mood

Answer 24

Mood incongruent delusion/ hallucination

Question 25

loss/decrease in appetite

Answer 25

Anorexia

Question 26

lack of or diminished ability to sleep

Answer 26

Insomnia

Question 27

decreased sexual interest, drive and performance

Answer 27

Decreased libido

Question 28

feeling of weariness, sleepiness or inability following a period of mental and physical activity

Answer 28

Fatigue

Question 29

Craving and eating non food substances

Answer 29

Pica

Question 30

nonpregnant patient has signs and symptoms of pregnancy

Answer 30

Pseudocyesis

Question 31

Insatiable hunger and voracious eating followed by self induced vomiting, struct dieting or extreme exercise

Answer 31

bulimia