negative symptoms of schiz

• what are negative symptoms?

  'pathological deficits' in behaviour where there is a reduction in activity.
• what are examples of negative symptoms?

  apathy, social withdrawal, poverty of speech, flat effect
• what is diminished emotional activity as a description of negative symptoms?

  blunted and flat effect where no emotion is shown (but may still be felt)
• what is avolition as a description of negative symptoms?

  total apathy

  lack of interest in normal goals

  reduction in self- initiated actions
• what poverty of speech (alogia) as a description of negative symptoms?

  a reduction in the amount of quality of speech
• social withdrawal can be a description of negative symptoms