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Neuropsychology Question:
Base on why you read about the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, what are the positive and negative symptoms in the case study examples below?
Hannah
Hannah sits quietly in the corner of a room at the local homeless shelter. She stares at the floor and occasionally begins to cry softly as she repeats "Please don't leave me, Please don't leave me...." Sometimes she will get up and join the line for meals or use the bathroom. If someone tries to disturb her, she screams loudly, and the staff has learned to leave her alone.
Tommy
Tommy has just started his first semester at Old State U. This is the first time he has been away from home and he is lonely. Tommy has never made friends easily. His roommate is from a nearby town and seldom even enters the room. Many of the other young men on his floor seem to know each other from athletics or parties at local high schools. Tommy has always been rather quiet and studious.
Last night Tommy was found in the shower by the resident assistant. He was soaking wet and fully dressed. Tommy kept mumbling something about the speakers that had been secretly installed in his ears and how the water would short them out and stop the messages.
Asa
Asa works in the mailroom at Zip-It-Up Bags. Everyone thinks of him as a nice enough guy and a reasonably reliable employee, though he is a little strange. He never seems to get excited about anything, and sometimes does not understand the jokes the others tell. He usually eats his lunch in the janitor's closet and does not associate much with the other employees.
Occasionally he will get part of the way through sorting the mail and just stop and go outside for anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. Luckily, Zip-It-Up doesn't get too much mail, and what doesn't get done today can be taken care of tomorrow.
Tammy Lou
Tammy Lou is a clerk at Randy's Shop and Drop laundry and grocery. She has always been a bit quiet and unassuming, but very pleasant and the staff is very fond of her. Wilma, the part owner of Randy's, has been encouraging her to be less shy, to spruce herself up, and get out more.
Two weeks ago, Tammy Lou came to work in a new pink ruffled dress. She seemed very happy about something. (Wilma thought she might actually have a boyfriend!) As the week has progressed, she has had a new outfit every day.
This Monday, she came in wearing blue eye shadow and bright red lipstick and she had her fingernails and toenails painted bright red to match (they go with the red shorts, white sandals with three-inch heels, and red, white and blue flag printed shirt-just in time for the 4th of July). She brought in a bag full of patriotic decorations and began running all over the store, draping crepe paper and hanging flags while singing "America the Beautiful" and dancing on the dryers.
Tuesday and Wednesday, she dropped in only long enough to tell Wilma that she was planning to start her own grocery and needed time off to go to the bank for a loan. Thursday and Friday she did not appear at all.