How do you differentiate between negative symptoms of schizophrenia and depression?
Question:
The person concerned does not have hallucinations, visual or auditor . Has never had them.
Answers:
I never heard of anyone being diagnosed with schizophrenia without having hallucinations or delusions (the positive symptoms).
I used to be a schizophrenic but now I'm fine
(and that goes for the both of us)
What are the symptoms of schizophrenia that you are referring to then?
You're talking about depression lasting 17 years so I'm guessing that the person would have to be about 30. Most schizophrenics show symptoms in their late teens or early 20's. The symptoms of the disease are hallucinations of some sort.
Some schizophrenics complain of feeling flat. The technobabble name for that is "negative affect" and it is harder to treat than depression.
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