How is mood defined in this context?

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How is mood defined in this context?

Mood is the client's internal emotional state as they report it. It reflects their subjective experience of how they’ve been feeling over a period of time and is captured from the person’s own words. This differs from affect, which is the clinician’s observed outward expression of emotion at the moment. Mood is not determined by cognitive testing, which assesses memory, attention, and related functions, and it isn’t just the clinician’s impression. In notes, you record what the client reports about their mood (for example, “mood: depressed” or “mood: anxious”) and note any changes or discrepancies with observed affect.

Mood is the client's internal emotional state as they report it. It reflects their subjective experience of how they’ve been feeling over a period of time and is captured from the person’s own words. This differs from affect, which is the clinician’s observed outward expression of emotion at the moment. Mood is not determined by cognitive testing, which assesses memory, attention, and related functions, and it isn’t just the clinician’s impression. In notes, you record what the client reports about their mood (for example, “mood: depressed” or “mood: anxious”) and note any changes or discrepancies with observed affect.

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