Sentences with phrase «flat affect»

The choices are often daring, from the initial flat affect of the performances and arch, ascetic compositions to the ever darkening, increasingly abstract emotional crawlspace of the final passages, most memorably an attenuated dreamscape involving a man in black and a mirror obscured by flowers.

Woolley says studies of the drug are in their infancy, but he holds out hope that oxytocin could become a novel treatment for the social isolation and flat affect so characteristic of schizophrenia.

I looked for dresses that hit me just below the knee, as that length has a really flattering affect on legs and hips (hi, hourglass).

Johansson is good, and her generally flat affect works well here.

Unlike other artists identified as Pop, Indiana eschews flat affect and easy irony.

These traits include flat affect and reduced empathy and remorse, and are associated with more severe, varied, and persistent patterns of antisocial behavior and aggression.

At first, you may have the following symptoms: Irritable or tense feeling Difficulty sleeping Difficulty concentrating As the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including: Lack of emotion (flat affect) Strongly held beliefs that are not based in reality (delusions) Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations) Problems paying attention Thoughts «jump» between unrelated topics («loose associations»)

(an exception is when you are speaking of a term in psychology referring to an «affect», which is an abnormal physical display - eg., «He displays a flat affect»)

Benching him may change his behavior, effecting a flatter affect.

Usually they have a flat affect and calm appearance.

When I took them alone, the Zoloft turned me into a zombie (the psychiatrists call it «flat affect»), and the Wellbutrin didn't adequately treat my anxiety.

In December 2005 a physician examined Cho and found him mentally ill, noting that he had a flat affect and depressed mood.

The bright, giggling kid in the first film has unkempt hair and a flat affect in the next.

This trendy detail instantly gives a flattering affect with its waist - cinching structure, and gives added ruffle flair!

Longo ping - pongs between charm and flat affect, storing quips and tricks where his empathy should be.

There are moments when Kitsch captivates the screen but other times his flat affect takes over and you are in the presence of a spotty actor reading bad dialogue.

That description applies equally well to «Keane» — and «Claire Dolan,» although unlike the other two films it is not about a clinical schizophrenic (though Claire does have the disassociated, flat affect one associates with that illness).

Oyelowo plays Nichols with such a flat affect that he truly appears to have convinced himself of his innocence.

The muscles in my face are only loosely connected to my brain, resulting in a droopy, flat affect, which makes me look like an idiot, especially when I talk.

Other changes that can occur after TBI, including cognitive changes, fatigue and flat affect, can make it hard to identify when a person is suffering from depression.

Those who appear to have a flat affect may be numb or in still in shock.

He also says it was not disputed that after the accident he displayed a number of characteristics consistent with having suffered a brain injury, including the fact that he had a flat affect and his behaviour around his family was different, as well as showing increased irritability, frustration and anger.

Sometimes Aspies can add to this thinking by a bit of flat affect and a deadpan voice.

Children of mothers with depressive symptoms displayed more negative cognitions (i.e., lower self - concepts, more self - criticism, less positive self - descriptive adjectives) and more negative affect and behavior (i.e., less responsiveness, less activity, less content, flatter affect) compared to children of mothers without depressive symptoms (Dawson et al. 1997; Garber and Robinson 1997).