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What are diseases that can cause flat affect that are not depression or schizophrenia?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A few that come: to mind - Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder and schizoid personality disorder

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Answered 6/22/2015

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