Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0801 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Affect and Mood
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The idea
Mood names a person's sustained emotional state; affect names the emotional expression an observer sees.
In practice
A record may note that mood and affect are consistent with one another, or that they are not.
Where people slip
Mood is reported by the person; affect is observed by another. The two are recorded separately.
Your place on the trail
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