Re: terms

David Lloyd-Jones (dlj@inforamp.net)
25 Sep 1996 14:27:26 GMT

ebc@ix.netcom.com(Errol Back-Cunningham) wrote:

>>In <5292g0$6mq@news.inforamp.net> dlj@inforamp.net (David Lloyd-Jones)
>>writes:
>>[snip]
>>
>>>The "affect" referred to in schizoaffective is not affectation, but
>>>affect, which means mood, with a slight bias toward meaning the
>>>external manifestations of mood.
>>
> In fact the whole thing is just good old psychobabble.

Errol,

This is a very silly thing to say. Schizophrenia, depression and
bipolar affective disorder are as real as death or money, and you
scoff at them at your peril. They affect a big chunk of a percent of
the population, which means you're meeting several of them every day,
probably begging on the street if you live in a large city.

-dlj.