Schizophrenia Notes

(Etiology: where the disorder comes from)

Important note: here positive is being used in the "math" sense not the "English" sense - we are talking about adding thoughts/feelings/behaviors that a normal healthy person doesn't have (not that these thoughts/feelings/behaviors are good)

For a good illustration of cognitive symptoms, watch the man who starts at 2.06 and goes until 4.38.  He is a real patient, not an actor.

Again, we are using "negative" in the sense that people are lacking thoughts/feelings/behaviors that healthy people have.  It is not a judgement.

This patient is an actor, but it is a very helpful illustration of negative symptoms.

This video is a little long, but worth watching.  It really illustrates a number of positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms.  Gerald is a real patient.