In schizophrenia, symptoms such as lack of drive or initiative, social withdrawal, and apathy. These symptoms are called “negative†because the behavior takes away from what is considered normal.
Symptoms where a normal behaviour or emotion, such as motivation, socialisation, or interest is lacking. They are called negative symptoms because the behaviour or emotion has been removed from the normal range of behaviours.
These are psychotic symptoms characterised by a lack of expected behaviour, such as lack of energy, emotion, movement or motivation.
A group of symptoms in schizophrenia. Negative symptoms are long-lasting - sleep problems, loss of energy and motivation, difficulty in maintaining friendships.
Think of these symptoms as features that are “taken away” or “subtracted” from the individual. They refer to experiences that should be present, but are absent. Some examples of negative symptoms include: blunted emotions, lack of energy or drive.
Reflect a diminution or loss of normal functions in individuals with psychosis. Symptoms may include flattening of affect, apathy, and social withdrawal.
symptoms that involve a lack of behaviors, like a lack of emotion, speech, social interaction or movement.
Symptoms characterized by a reduction or loss of normal functions in individuals with psychosis that are normally present in a healthy individual. Symptoms may include flattening of affect (having limited range and intensity of emotional expression), a lack of interest in matters of general importance, and social withdrawal.
In schizophrenia, behavioral deficits such as flattened affect, apathy, and poverty of speech. Presumed to result from abnormalities in brain structure. See also positive symptoms, schizophrenia.
