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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
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
positive — [päz′ə tiv] adj. [ME positif < OFr < L positivus < positus: see POSITION] 1. formally or arbitrarily set; conventional; artificial [a positive law] 2. definitely set; explicitly laid down; admitting of no question or modification;… … English World dictionary
Positive Disintegration — The Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dąbrowski describes a theory of personality development. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dąbrowski s theoretical framework views psychological tension and anxiety as necessary for growth.… … Wikipedia
Positive illusions — People often hold beliefs about themselves, the world, and the future which are more positive than reality can sustain. These beliefs are called positive illusions. What positive illusions do people hold? Three types of positive illusions have… … 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
positive — adj. & n. adj. 1 formally or explicitly stated; definite, unquestionable (positive proof). 2 (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in his or her opinion (positive that I was not there). 3 a absolute; not relative. b Gram. (of an… … Useful english dictionary
Medically unexplained physical symptoms — (MUPS) or medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are patient symptoms for which the treating physician, other healthcare providers, and research scientists have found no medical cause. The term does not necessarily imply that a physical cause does… … Wikipedia
Something Positive — logo, Mr. Personality. Author(s) R. K. Milholland Website http:/ … Wikipedia
Позитивные симптомы — (positive symptoms) симптомы шизофрении, кажущиеся эксцессами, то есть странными дополнениями к нормальным мыслям, эмоциям и поведению … Общая психология: глоссарий
