Affect

Introduction: Affect

Description of Affect

Affect: The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.
Source: MeSH 2007

Affect: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Affect:

• Effect
• Emotional (2080 causes)
• Emotional symptoms (2080 causes)
• Emotional disease
• Emotional disorder
• Emotional problem (2080 causes)
• Feeling
• Mood
• Mood symptoms (763 causes)
• Mood disorder

Terms associated with Affect:

Terms Similar to Affect:

• Mood

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Affect:

• Irritable Mood

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Affect

• Emotions

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Affect

• emotion

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Affect

The following list attempts to classify Affect into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
  • Emotions
    • Affect

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