Glossary/release of affect

release of affect

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1. by first getting the patient to find and say what shock occurred when the sickness began, getting when, and getting it recounted, the "illness" will lessen, the emotional state will alter-called a release of affect.(HCOB 2 Apr 69)

2. a misemotional discharge.(SH Spec 65, 6507C27)

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