Negative Symptoms Refer to the

question 138

Multiple Choice

Negative symptoms refer to the

• A) presence of behaviours, thoughts, or feelings that are absent in people who do not have a psychiatric illness.
• B) absence of behaviours, thoughts, or feelings that are present in people who do not have a psychiatric illness.
• C) set of behaviours that are least associated with schizophrenia and include a short attention span, the inability to solve problems and make decisions, and difficulty processing information.
• D) set of behaviours that are most associated with schizophrenia and include delusions, hallucinations, and speech abnormalities.

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