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Positive Symptoms

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Created: November 03, 2007

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Definition: Perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors that are beyond normal human behavior and experience. Delusions, hallucinations and disorganized speech and behavior are positive symptoms.
Also Known As: psychotic symptoms
Examples: Two months on antipsychotic drugs reduced the intensity of Darla's positive symptoms so that, although she still heard voices, she understood they weren't real.
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