Disturbance of Affect

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used for happiness or gladness. It is pathological when out of the patient’s actual circumstances.

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Cheerfulness

Question 2

generalized feeling of well being (not amounting to a definite affect of gladness).

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Euphoria

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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.

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Mood

Question 4

The patient present emotional responsiveness that is inferred from his facial expression

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Affect

Question 5

means something in addition to elation, an element of grandeur.

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Exaltation

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a feeling of happiness, usually with a mystical coloring

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Ecstasy

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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.

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Depression

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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.

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Sadness

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is an emotional state characterized by anticipation of danger.

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Anxiety

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If the source of anticipation is unknown it is called

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generalized anxiety

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if the anticipation is from potentially non dangerous object or situation it is called

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phobia

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if the anticipation is from consequences of act or situation it is regarded as

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Obsessive fear.

Question 13

fear accompanied with restlessness

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anxious mood

Question 14

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.

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Apathy

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lack of objective emotional response. (There is loss of emo tional expression, but emotional experience is preserved). Occurs in schizophrenia.

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Indifference

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occurs in hysteria when the patient`s feelings are not in tune with the problem.ha

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a belle indifference

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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)

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Emotional instability or lability

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an unprovoked transient angry outburst with violence. (In children and mentally defectives, it is called ‘tantrums’). Occurs in schizophrenia and personality disorders

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Morbid anger

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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).

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Incongruity or disharmony of affect

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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.

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Ambivalence

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Disturbance of Affect classified as Qualitative disturbance

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Incongruity or disharmony of affect
Ambivalence

Question 22

Disturbance of Affect classified as Quantitative disturbance

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Cheerfulness
Euphoria
Exaltation
Ecstacy
Depression
Sadness
Anxiety
Apathy
Indifference
Emotional Deterioration
Emotional Instability or lability
Morbid Anger