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Positive vs. Negative Symptoms — (from 1887) Positive symptoms in the context of schizophrenia mean thought disorder, hallucinations and delusions, negative mean such symptoms as social withdrawal and flattening of affect. The use of the terms in psychiatry goes back to… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
negative — [neg′ə tiv] adj. [ME negatife < OFr or L: OFr négatif < L negativus < negatus: see NEGATION] 1. containing, expressing, or implying a denial or refusal; that says “no” [a negative reply] 2. opposite to something regarded as positive;… … English World dictionary
negative hallucination — Also known as scotomization. Both terms are used to denote the failure to perceive an object or stimulus that is present in the extracorporeal world and lies within the subject s range of perception. The term negative hallucination is used in… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale — The PANSS or the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale is a medical scale used for measuring symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia. It was published in 1987 by Stanley Kay, Lewis Opler, and Abraham Fiszbein. It is widely used in the… … Wikipedia
B symptoms — refer to systemic symptoms of fever, night sweats, and weight loss which can be associated with both Hodgkin s lymphoma and non Hodgkin s lymphoma. The presence or absence of B symptoms has prognostic significance and is reflected in the staging… … Wikipedia
Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease — Non motor symptoms in Parkinson s diseaseAlthough the most obvious symptoms of Parkinson s affect movement, there is an increasing realisation in clinical practice that non motor symptoms are at least as important in successful management. [cite… … Wikipedia
Gram-negative bacteria — Microscopic image of Gram negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria (pink red rods). Gram negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain crystal violet dye in the Gram staining protocol.[1] In a Gram … Wikipedia
Positive and negative (NLP) — The term positive is often used generally to mean desirable or beneficial , and negative is usually used to mean undesirable or bad . But in neuro linguistic programming it also has a specific technical meaning, in the phrases positive intent and … Wikipedia
Негативные симптомы — (negative symptoms) симптомы шизофрении, выражающиеся в отсутствии нормального мышления, эмоций и поведения … Общая психология: глоссарий
Schizophrenia — MeshName = Schizophrenia MeshNumber = F03.700.750 Schizophrenia (pron en|ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə), from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν, to split ) and phrēn , phren (φρήν, φρεν , mind ) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder… … Wikipedia
