Asked by
Alexis Keith
on Dec 13, 2024Verified
In clients with schizophrenia,men are more likely than women to experience
A) positive symptoms.
B) disorganized behavior.
C) delusions.
D) negative symptoms.
Negative Symptoms
Symptoms of schizophrenia that are marked by deficits in functioning, such as apathy, lack of emotion, slowed speech, and slowed movement.
Positive Symptoms
Symptoms of schizophrenia that are marked by excesses in functioning, such as delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech or behavior.
Schizophrenia
A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
- Understand the distinguishing symptoms and diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the distinguishing symptoms and diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.