What Are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

· Negative symptoms include:

· Loss of volition (loss of motivation or directedness)

· Feeling drained of energy and interest in normal goals

· Inability to start or follow through on a course of action

· Ambivalence – conflicted feelings about most things

· Social withdrawal

· May withdraw from social environment and attend only to

their own ideas and fantasies

· Seems to lead to a breakdown of social skills, including the

ability to accurately recognize other people’s needs and

emotions