The Best Way to Think About Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

The best way to think about positive symptoms of schizophrenia is that they are ________,whereas negative symptoms are ________.

A) perceived by the patient as positive; perceived by the patient as negative
B) excesses of abnormal behaviors; deficits in normal functioning
C) positive in terms of their impact on the patient; negative in terms of their impact on the patient
D) present in other psychiatric diagnoses; absent in other psychiatric diagnoses