What Are Negative Symptoms?

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Negative symptoms

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Damage to the central nervous system results in reduced or missing normal function, resulting in symptoms of psychopathological or neurological defects. In psychiatry, speech deprivation, attention deficit, emotional insensitivity, emotional apathy, and social withdrawal are often considered negative symptoms. There is currently no consensus on the nature and assessment of negative symptoms. See: Positive symptoms.