What are the Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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What are the Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia ? Any help would be great.

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Some examples of positive symptoms of schizophrenia are:

Hearing voices talking to you
Believing that MI-5 is after you, trying to kill you.
Receiving special messages from TV, radio and you believed those were intended for you.

Negative symptoms are:

Reduced or lack of motivation to do things
Reduced ability to enjoy things
Reduced speech (both quality and quantity)
Limited emotional expression