What is the difference between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? Give two examples of each of these types of symptoms
What will be an ideal response?
* Positive symptoms are distortions or excesses of normal functions such as loose associations, delusions, hallucinations, neologisms, and word salad.
* Negative symptoms are reductions or losses of function such as flat and blunted affect, poverty of content, lack of eye contact, few expressive gestures, avolition, and apathy.
* Compared to positive symptoms, the presence of negative symptoms is associated with poorer outcomes and more cognitive impairments.
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