positive symptom

a symptom of schizophrenia that represents an excess or distortion of normal function, as distinct from a deficiency in or lack of normal function (compare negative symptom). Positive symptoms include delusions or hallucinations, disorganized behavior, and manifest conceptual disorganization. They are more dramatic and less distinctive of schizophrenia than are negative symptoms: Eugen Bleuler regarded them as secondary symptoms. See positive schizophrenia.

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January 23rd 2025

neolocal

adj. denoting a living arrangement in which a newly married couple begin a new household separate from their kin, or a culture in which this is the norm. Compare matrilocal; patrilocal.