Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
blunted affect
Definitions related to blunted affect:
  • Disturbance of affect manifested by a severe reduction in the intensity of externalized feeling tone: one of the fundamental symptoms of schizophrenia, as outlined by Eugen Bleuler.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • Restricted range of emotional expressiveness.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (emotional dearth) The inability to feel or express emotions. It is generally recognized by the person who often complains that they are unable to feel anything; sadness, joy, or contentment are not experienced, rather a sense of nothingness prevails. This may be dimensional, ranging from limited ability to experience emotions to the perceived complete inability to feel emotions.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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