affect

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Introduction

  • the emotional feeling associated with a thought, & its external manifestations (variable state, as distinguished from mood - a more sustained emotional state) Examples: sadness, joy, anger
  • to have an influence on (modulation)

Additional terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., Text Revision, DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC, 1994