The phrase "affective indifference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing emotional responses, particularly in psychology or philosophy, to describe a lack of emotional engagement or concern.
Example: "The study revealed a troubling trend of affective indifference among participants, indicating a disconnect from the emotional implications of their actions."
Alternatives: "emotional detachment" or "affective apathy".
The term "neuroleptics" was then coined to name these drugs, underlining their ability to produce psychomotor retardation, affective indifference, and lack of initiative, which were considered their primary mechanisms of action (Deniker 1983; López-Muñoz et al. 2005a, b).
Lastly, fifty years after the discovery of antipsychotics, the capacity of these compounds to produce affective indifference regained a central position in a model proposed by Kapur (2003), in which the effects of these drugs at the behavioral and cellular levels were integrated in a solid framework for the first time.
Laborit and Huguenard (1951) as well as Delay and colleagues (Delay et al. 1952) began to experimentally use chlorpromazine (the former as a pre-anesthetic and the latter as treatment for psychotic agitation) when they heard of a substance that produced affective indifference and lack of initiative both in experimental animals and in healthy volunteers.
In practical terms, the diagnostic approach should consist of the following steps: Use of two simple questions to attempt to identify one of the major symptoms, namely mental suffering and lack of interest (absence of desire for anything, affective indifference which can lead to social withdrawal and a loss of commitment to contact with friends and family) [29].
Loss of interest and pleasure: affective anaesthesia, indifference.
Indifference will affect him more.
In particular, anxiety, mood disorders, apathy, indifference, personality changes, modified control of emotional responses and affective blunting have been observed in a small cohort of patients (Saint-Cyr et al., 2000; Trepanier et al., 2000; Bejjani et al., 2002; Houeto et al., 2002; Drapier et al., 2006).
Investigating the social causation of affective disorders in female adults Brown and Harris [ 10] collated experiences of parental indifference, sexual and physical abuse and predicted both depression and anxiety disorders in those with two or more of these childhood adversities (CAs).
