Question

Kent has stopped socializing with his friends, and has instead begun to spend more time alone, preoccupied with his beliefs about working as a spy for the government. as a result, he is no longer able to recognize other people's needs and emotions accurately. kent is showing the negative symptom of:

Answer 1

Kent is showing the negative symptom of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the thinking and behavior of the affected person. Symptoms are divided between positive and negative symptoms. The positive symptoms are the thoughts or behaviors that the person did not have before the disorder, such as hallucinations. The negative symptoms are the thoughts or behaviors that the person had before the disorder and that no longer manifests, in this case, for example, socialization.

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