Exam Question: Distinguish between positive and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia (4 marks)
Distinguish between positive and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia (4 marks)
Positive symptoms and negative symptoms are the two categories of symptoms recognised by both the DSM-5 and the ICD-10. Positive symptoms are described as 'additions to your ordinary behaviour' and involve behaviours such as hallucinations (sensory experience of something thats not actually there) and delusions (a false belief that doesn't change, even when presented with contradictory evidence).
Negative symptoms, however, are considered to be the 'loss of usual abilities' - for example: speech poverty (the reduction in the amount and quality of speech) and avolition (finding it difficult to keep up with goal-related activities).
Negative symptoms are generally more difficult to identify because they're not as overt as positive symptoms.
Positive symptoms and negative symptoms are the two categories of symptoms recognised by both the DSM-5 and the ICD-10. Positive symptoms are described as 'additions to your ordinary behaviour' and involve behaviours such as hallucinations (sensory experience of something thats not actually there) and delusions (a false belief that doesn't change, even when presented with contradictory evidence).
Negative symptoms, however, are considered to be the 'loss of usual abilities' - for example: speech poverty (the reduction in the amount and quality of speech) and avolition (finding it difficult to keep up with goal-related activities).
Negative symptoms are generally more difficult to identify because they're not as overt as positive symptoms.
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