The nurse is caring for a client with schizophrenia spectrum disorder who is experiencing a flat affect, paranoid delusions, 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 are those that add behaviors or thoughts, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech (neologisms), and abnormal motor behavior (which can include echolalia). Negative symptoms are those that take away, such as flat affect, anhedonia (loss of pleasure), and anergia (lack of energy).

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Schizophrenia Spectrum