A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a flat affect, paranoid delusions, anhedonia, anergia, neologisms, and echolalia. Which statement correctly differentiates the client's positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
A. Paranoid delusions, anhedonia, and anergia are positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
B. Paranoid delusions, neologisms, and echolalia are positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
C. Paranoid delusions, anergia, and echolalia are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
D. Paranoid delusions, flat affect, and anhedonia are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
ANS: B