Kyle has been given a diagnosis of schizophrenia.He hears voices and believes the government is plotting to steal his internal organs and sell them to foreign governments.Kyle is demonstrating the ________ symptoms of schizophrenia.

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Kyle is exhibiting positive symptoms of schizophrenia, which involve the experience or presence of abnormal behaviors, thoughts, or emotions. Specifically, his hallucinations (hearing voices) and delusions (beliefs about the government plotting to steal his organs) are positive symptoms. Negative symptoms, in contrast, involve the absence or reduction of normal behaviors or emotions, such as apathy or lack of motivation. Dissociative and free-floating symptoms are not typically associated with schizophrenia.

Kyle Has Been Given a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia