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The symptoms of schizophrenia are commonly described in two broad categories; positive symptoms and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms are considered excesses, that is, go beyond what is considered to be ‘normal’ behaviour or experience. Negative symptoms, are generally considered to be deficits in normal functioning and include the core negative symptoms such as flattening of affect and poverty of speech (Barnes and Liddle, 1990).
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Siddle, R., Everitt, J. (2002). Identifying and Overcoming Negative Symptoms. In: Harris, N., Williams, S., Bradshaw, T. (eds) Psychosocial Interventions for People with Schizophrenia. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-3759-9_9
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