Negative symptoms
What will be an ideal response?
Avolition (or apathy): inability to initiate, persist in activities
Alogia: relative absence of voluntary speech
Anhedonia: lack of pleasure / interest in usual activities
Blunted (or flat) affect: does not show - - or displays restricted range of emotions - - when normally expected
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