What are some negative symptoms of behaior common to the diagnosis of schizophr!
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What are some negative symptoms of behaior common to the diagnosis of schizophrenia?
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I am assuming you are referring to the "negative" symptoms in the clinical sense? In that case, they are the symptoms most characteristic of the prodromal and residual phases such as:
anhedonia (defect in pleasure capacity)
restricted/blunted affect
social withdrawal
amotivation
apathy
underproductive speech
They get the name "negative" because they are symptoms that represent an absence of what would normally be present in someone without the disorder and are difficult to treat and generally unresponsive to meds, particularly older meds. The "positive" symptoms are those seen during acute phases and represent the presence of symptoms that would not normally be seen in someone without the disorder. They include hallucinations, delusions and other distorted thinking as well as eaggerated or inappropriate affect and bizarre behavior.
Here's a great link I found for you to an article about the negative symptoms in particular:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/update...