Psychiatry and Psychology

Affective Symptoms

Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Affective Symptom
  • Symptom, Affective
  • Symptoms, Affective
  • Alexithymia
  • Emotional Disturbances
  • Alexithymias
  • Disturbance, Emotional
  • Disturbances, Emotional
  • Emotional Disturbance

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: read MeSH definitions & follow text

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History Note

81; was AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

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Previous Indexing

  • Affect (1966-1968)
  • Anxiety (1966-1968)
  • Emotions (1966-1968)

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Tree Number

  1. F01.145.126.100

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Affective Symptoms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000342
  2. Affective Symptoms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67200757