Positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and DSM-V

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What are positive symptoms?
Those that appear to reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions

* Hallucinations
* Delusions
* Disorganised speech
* Grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour
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What are negative symptoms?
Symptoms that appear to reflect reductions or loss of normal functions

* Alogia
* Avolition
* Affective flattening
* Anhedionia
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What is the DSM-V?
Diagnostic tool for mental illnesses that follows 3 criteria
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What is criteria A?
Two or more of the following symptoms

* Delusions
* Hallucinations
* Disorganised speech
* Grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour
* Negative symptoms
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What is criteria B?
Social/Occupational dysfunction
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What is criteria C?
Duration - continuous signs of disturbance