The nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a flat affect,paranoia,anhedonia,anergia,neologisms,and echolalia.Which statement correctly differentiates the client's positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking and speech, neologisms (made-up words), and echolalia (repeating others' words). Negative symptoms include flat affect (lack of emotion), anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure), anergia (lack of energy), and social withdrawal. Paranoia can be considered either a positive or a negative symptom depending on its presentation, but in this case it is listed as a positive symptom. Therefore, choices A, C, and D are incorrect.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Is Experiencing