RELEASE OF AFFECT

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Definitions

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)