CLASSIFICATION NEGITIVE SYMPTOMS

Question 1

SPEECH POVERTY

Answer 1

• this symptom involves a reduction in the quality and amount of speech in schizophrenia.
• the person will speak infrequently, and their speech will be influent, and their sentences will be incoherent just like broca’s and wernicke’s aphasia.

Question 2

AVOLITION

Answer 2

• this symptom involves a reduction in goal-directed behaviour.
• andreason (1982) identified 3 signs of avolition: poor hygiene and grooming, lack of persistence in work and education and lack of energy.