II. Emotion 종합

emotion

complex feeling state with psychic, somatic, and behavioral components that is related to affect and mood.

Affect

observed expression of emotion, possibly inconsistent with patient’s description of emotion.

Appropriate affect

condition in which the emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying idea, thought, or speech; also further described as broad or full affect in which a full range of emotions is appropriately expressed.

Inappropriate affect

disharmony between the emotional feeling tone and the idea, thought, or speech accompanying it.

Restricted/constricted affect

reduction in intensity of feeling tone, less severe than blunted affect but clearly reduced.

Blunted affect

disturbance in affect manifested by severe reduction in the intensity of externalized feeling tone.

Flat affect

absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression; voice monotonous, face immobile.

Labile affect

rapid and abrupt changes in emotional feeling tone, unrelated to external stimuli.

mood

pervasive and sustained emotion subjectively experienced and reported by a patient and observed by others; examples include depression, elation, and anger.

Dysphoric mood

an unpleasant mood

Euthymic mood

normal range of mood, implying absence of depressed or elevated mood.

Expansive mood

a person’s expression of feelings without restraint, frequently with overestimation of their significance or importance.

Irritable mood

state in which a person is easily annoyed and provoked to anger.

Mood swings (Labile mood)

oscillations between euphoria and depression or anxiety.

Elevated mood

air of confidence and enjoyment; mood more cheerful than usual.

Euphoria

intense elation with feelings of grandeur.

Ecstasy

feeling of intense rapture.

Depression

psychopathological feeling of sadness

Anhedonia

loss of interest in, and withdrawal from, all regular and pleasurable activities, often associated with depression

Grief of mourning

sadness appropriate to a real loss; also called bereavement.

Alexithymia

a person’s inability to, or difficulty in, describing or being aware of emotions or mood

Suicidal ideation

thoughts or act of taking one's own life

Elation

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

Hypomania

mood abnormality with the qualitative characteristics of mania but somewhat less intense

Mania

mood state characterized by elation, agitation, hyperactivity, hypersexuality, and accelerated thinking and speaking.

Melancholia

severe depressive state;

La belle indifference

inappropriate attitude of calm or lack of concern about one’s disability.

Anxiety

feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external.

Free-floating anxiety

pervasive, unfocused fear not attached to any idea.

Fear

anxiety caused by consciously recognized and realistic danger. 

Agitation

severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness; similar to irritability characterized by excessive excitability with easily triggered anger or annoyance.

Tension

increased and unpleasant motor and psychological activity.

Panic

acute, episodic, intense attack of anxiety associated with overwhelming feelings of dread and autonomic discharge.

Apathy

dulled emotional tone associated with detachment or indifference.

Ambivalence

coexistence of two opposing impulses toward the same thing in the same person at the same time.

Abreaction

emotional release or discharge after recalling a painful experience.

Shame

failure to live up to self-expectations.

Guilt

emotion secondary to doing what is perceived is wrong.

Impulse control

ability to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an action.

Ineffability

ecstatic state in which person states it is indescribable, inexpressible, and impossible to convey to another person.

Acathexis

lack of feeling associated with an ordinarily emotionally charged subject

Decathexis

detaching emotions from thoughts, ideas, or persons.

Anorexia

loss of, or decrease in, appetite.

Hyperphagia

increase in intake of food.

Insomnia

lack of, or diminished, ability to sleep.

Initial Insomnia

difficulty falling asleep.

Middle Insomnia

difficulty sleeping through the night without waking up and difficulty going back to sleep.

Terminal Insomnia

early morning awakening.

Hypersomnia

excessive sleeping.

Diurnal variation

mood is regularly worse in the morning, immediately after awakening, and improves as the day progresses.

Diminished libido

decreased sexual interest, drive, and performance (increased libido is often associated with manic states).

Constipation

inability to defecate or difficulty defecating.

Fatigue

a feeling of weariness, sleepiness, or irritability following a period of mental or bodily activity.

Pica

craving and eating nonfood substances, such as paint and clay.

Pseudocyesis

rare condition in which a patient has the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, such as abdominal distention, breast enlargement, pigmentation, cessation of menses, and morning sickness.

Bulimia

insatiable hunger and voracious eating

Adynamia

weakness and fatigability