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What does it that there are positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
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Definitions: Positive symptoms are additional experiences, such as hallucinations and delusions added to a person's perception of reality. Negative symptoms represent a lack of what should be there, i.e. Motivation, drive, desire for human interaction and conversation.
Answered 5/3/2015
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