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affect [af´ekt]

the external expression of emotion attached to ideas or mental representations of objects. see also mood.

blunted affect severe reduction in the intensity of affect; a common symptom of schizophrenic disorders.

constricted affect restricted affect.

flat affect lack of emotional expression.

inappropriate affect affect that is incongruent with the situation or with the content of a patient's ideas or speech.

labile affect that characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli.

restricted affect reduction in the intensity of affect, to a somewhat lesser degree than is characteristic of blunted affect.

inappropriate affect

Psychiatry A display of emotion that does not reflect a Pt's reality

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