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Which symptoms would psychiatrists or psychologists associate with Type II negative symptom schizophrenia?
Psychiatrists or psychologists may associate Type II negative symptom schizophrenia with symptoms such as emotional blunting (reduced emotional expression), avolition (lack of motivation or goal-directed behavior), anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure), and social withdrawal or isolation. These symptoms can significantly impact a person's functioning and quality of life.
What is negative schizophrenia?
People with Type II, or negative schizophrenia, are usually described as poorly adjusted before their schizophrenia slowly overtakes them. They have predominantly "negative" symptoms, such as withdrawal from others and psychomotor retardation.
How many types of schizophrenia are there?
Depending on how you divide it, there are either 5 or 2 types of schizophrenia. The five types are paranoid, disorganized, residual, catatonic, and undifferentiated. The two types are positive (or Type I) schizophrenia and negative (or Type II) schizophrenia. Positive schizophrenia consists of mainly positive symptoms. Negative schizophrenia consists of mainly negative symptoms.
What is undifferentiated schizophrenia?
Patients in this category have the characteristic positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic subtypes.It is a type of schizophrenia where the person has both/either negative and positive schizophrenic symptoms but do not strongly enough fit the criteria for paranoid, disorganized or catatonic schizophrenia to be classfied as such.
What are negative views of schizophrenia?
fear of being around crowds
Do people still think that people with schizophrenia are possessed?
Most people do not believe that people with schizophrenia are possessed. Even if the general attitude towards schizophrenia is more negative than it should be, possession is not a common belief about schizophrenia.
How does social and economic circumstances have a negative effect on mental health?
Fewer patients for psychologists resulting in loss of work for psychologists.
What is five sentence use schizophrenia?
1. Schizophrenia is a mental health issue. 2. 2.2 million people in the USA have schizophrenia. 3. If you have schizophrenia, you probably have both negative and positive symptoms. 4. Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia does not make people violent. 5. Schizophrenia is a separate disease from multiple personality disorder.
Is the symptomatic profile for Type I and Type II schizophrenia different?
Yes. People with Type I schizophrenia have mostly positive symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations. People with Type II schizophrenia have mostly negative symptoms, such as withdrawing from others and flat affect.
Which of the following would be a negative symptom of a schizophrenic patient?
having no visible emotion
What is residual schizophrenia?
Residual schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that comes after an active psychotic episode. For the diagnosis of residual schizophrenia to be made, there must be no positive symptom (schizophasia, delusions, or hallucinations).
What is Schizophrenia and its two types?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders that affects the normal functioning of the brain and severely impairs thinking, emotion, and behavior. Doctors do not know the specific cause of schizophrenia, but both environmental and genetic factors do play a role. The symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, flat affect, and disorganized speech, thinking, and behavior. The two types of schizophrenia are Type I or Positive and Type II or Negative. Type I has mostly positive symptoms, including hallucinations and delusions. Type II has mostly negative symptoms, including social withdrawal and flat affect.
