Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Affective Stupor

Psychiatry, Neurology

Also known as: Emotional stupor

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

This article defines affective stupor as an extreme state of psychomotor retardation caused by intense depressive emotions. It notes that this condition is associated with overwhelming feelings of anguish or fear.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

AFFECTIVE STUPOR, an extreme degree of psychomotor retardation associated with the action of excessively strong depressive affects (anguish, fear). See Depression, Psychoses.

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“Affective Stupor.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/affective-stupor/