29th January 2024

Negative symptoms

Negative symptoms are those that withdraw the individual from normal social functioning. These include:

• Anhedonia: loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities and relationships
• Unable to maintain personal hygiene or activities of daily living
• Social withdrawal: not going out or speaking to anyone
• Lack of energy, motivation and excessive sleeping
• Flat affect: restricted range of emotional expressions
• Thought poverty: slowness in thinking, reactivity and speech