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Flat affect
Flat affect is a clinical finding in which a person does not express emotion.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 48-year old asked:
My boyfriend says he has a flat affect. I don't notice. So should this be cause for worry?
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A 40-year old asked:
Any meds for flat affect?
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A 44-year old asked:
What does it mean to have flat affect?
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A 47-year old asked:
How are shallow affect and flat affect different?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Flat affect?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is the difference between shallow and flat affect?
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A 48-year old asked:
How do a flat affect and the thousand yard stare differ?
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A 42-year old female asked about a 16-year old male:
What does "slow to respond to questions, flat affect" mean?
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A 29-year old asked:
Can you have flat affect without schizophrenia?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Does anhedonia and flat affect improve with ECT?
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A 46-year old asked:
If someone is diagnosed with "flat affect, " are there any treatments?
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A 45-year old asked:
Does one need to have schizophrenia to be diagnosed with "flat affect"?
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A 38-year old female asked:
How do I get my personality back? Flat affect and anhedonia for 2 years
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A 36-year old asked:
What does it mean if a counselor says you have a cold stare and flat affect?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can clonazepam cause flat affect and memory issues?
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A 31-year old asked:
When someone is diagnosed with "flat affect, " are there any treatments other than psychotherapy?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What are diseases that can cause flat affect that are not depression or schizophrenia?
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A 48-year old asked:
What is more likely to give you a flat affect --seroquel or clozapine?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can an echo reclining instead of lying flat affect the measure of pulmonary pressure?
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A 65-year old male asked:
What is the best medical treatment for flat affect which may be due to depression and long standing schizophrenia.?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can sleep disorders cause cognitive impairment, flat affect and memory problems?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is flat affect a symptom of psychosis or paranoid schizophrenia or depression anxiety? i got my medical records back and they noticed that in me
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A 36-year old asked:
Do flat feet affect height?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can flat feet affect hip alignment?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can flat feet affect how good you are at sports?
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A female asked:
How can flat feet affect your life and movement?
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A 41-year old asked:
I have flat feet. Does it affect how fast you can run, either acceleration or max speed?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What does a flat T-Line or T-Wave on an EEG mean?
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A 25-year old male asked:
In my stress test pr and st segments aren't flat specially in v3 v4 v2. What does this mean? Is it related to my mr?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am 23 and I am flat chested. I wear a 32aa bra but it feels like i don't even need a bra sometimes. What is wrong with me?
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