The topic will be negative symptoms of schizophrenia, called this because they take away from or reduce functioning. Negative symptoms involve lack of motivation, social withdrawal, blunt affect, and alogia (poverty of speech or poverty of content of speech) and diminished movement.
Positive symptoms such as delusions, paranoia and hallucinations can mostly be managed and are often the focus of treatment sessions. Yet the negative symptoms are the ones that result in poor functional outcomes...
Although a small percentage of people with schizophrenia recover almost completely, the vast majority of patients have chronic, residual... Read more »
Today is World Schizophrenia Day. Our focus on schizophrenia continues with an overview of some of the common symptoms of this medical... Read more »
A study in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry revealed that specially adapted cognitive therapy improved global... Read more »
One of the puzzling things about medicine is the language used and I don't just mean the technical stuff. For example, a positive result in... Read more »
Being a biological scientist by training with graduate work in psychology, and having developed schizophrenia over fifty years ago at the... Read more »
Researchers say a regular exercise regimen helps people living with schizophrenia reduce the negative symptoms of the illness, in addition to helping... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Christos Ballas, MD, Attenting Psychiatrist, Inpatient and Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Schizophrenia
Signs and Symptoms of SchizophreniaThere are three major categories of symptoms associated with schizophrenia: Positive symptoms Negative symptoms ... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Doctors often group symptoms of schizophrenia into three categories: Positive, negative, and cognitive.Positive SymptomsPositive symptoms include the... Read more »
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of folate and B12 supplementation in reducing negative symptoms in people with schizophrenia. This study... Read more »
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