Practice Question
A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a negative symptom?
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Correct Answer:
Affective flattening
Rationale:
🧠Negative symptoms of schizophrenia involve reductions or absence of normal emotional and behavioral functions, such as affective flattening, alogia (poverty of speech), avolition (lack of motivation), and anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure).
🧠Affective flattening refers to diminished emotional expression, seen as reduced facial expression, poor eye contact, and monotone voice.
🧠In contrast, somatic delusions, illogicality, and bizarre behavior are positive symptoms, which reflect excesses or distortions of normal functioning (e.g., hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking).
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