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Title: What is meant by positive symptoms of schizophrenia and negative symptoms of sch Post by: colleen on Jun 19, 2012 What is meant by positive symptoms of schizophrenia and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
Title: Re: What is meant by positive symptoms of schizophrenia and negative symptoms of sch Post by: duddy on Jun 19, 2012 Positive symptoms refer to a presence of abnormal behavior. Another way to say it is that the behavior is positive (they are present) for abnormality. Examples of this include incoherent speech and hallucinations. Negative symptoms refer to an absence of anticipated or expected behavior. Another way to say that is that the behavior is negative (they don’t exist) for normal behaviors. Examples include social withdrawal and apathy.
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