Negative Symptoms Atypical experiences that represent the loss of a usual experience such as clear thinking or levels of motivation. ‘normal’ Avolition Speech poverty Sufferers of schizophrenia often have Schizophrenia is characterised by changes very reduced motivation to carry out a in patterns of speech. range of tasks and results in lowered activity levels, sometimes called The ICD-10 recognises speech poverty as ‘apathy’. a negative symptom. This is because the emphasis is on reduction in the amount and quality of speech. Can also be described as finding it difficult to begin or keep up with goal-directed activity i.e. actions performed in order to achieve a result. This is sometimes accompanied by a delay in the sufferer’s verbal Andreason (1982) identified 3 identifying responses during conversation. signs of avolition; Poor hygiene and grooming The DSM-5 places its emphasis on speech Lack of persistence in disorganisation in which speech becomes work/education incoherent or the speaker changes topic Lack of energy mid-sentence (this is classified as a positive symptom), whilst speech poverty remains as a negative symptom.
Negative Symptoms Atypical experiences that represent the loss of a usual experience such as clear thinking or ‘normal’ levels of motivation. Avolition Speech poverty Sufferers of schizophrenia often have very reduced motivation to carry out a range of tasks and results in lowered activity levels, sometimes called ‘apathy’. Can also be described as finding it difficult to begin or keep up with goal-directed activity i.e. actions performed in order to achieve a result. Andreason (1982) identified 3 identifying signs of avolition; Poor hygiene and grooming Lack of persistence in work/education Lack of energy Schizophrenia is characterised by changes in patterns of speech. The ICD-10 recognises speech poverty as a negative symptom. This is because the emphasis is on reduction in the amount and quality of speech. This is sometimes accompanied by a delay in the sufferer’s verbal responses during conversation. The DSM-5 places its emphasis on speech disorganisation in which speech becomes incoherent or the speaker changes topic mid-sentence (this is classified as a positive symptom), whilst speech poverty remains as a negative symptom.
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