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1.3 Mental Status Examination

Psychiatry Boot Camp

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What Is the Difference Between Mood and Affect?

I only describe the range of traffic and whether it is congruent with what you are seeing or how the patient is presented. I don't use blunting because I was taught that blunting is not a range. It is a quality of the app and blunting. Mood is the inner feelings of the patient, which is described to you by the patient and which you think is going on. Whereas the aspect is what you see in front of you. And I only describe one thing. If even I can't make up my mind about what the clinical energy is. Describe what you saw. Okay. Moving into mood and affect. How do you describe to learners what

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