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Psychotic symptoms: Positive Symptoms (Ans- -Hallucinations -Delusions -Thought disorder -Hostility -Excitability Psychotic symptoms: Motor Symptoms (Ans- -Motor delay -Dyscoordination -EPS • Parkinsonism • Dyskinesia Psychotic symptoms: Affective Symptoms (Ans- -Depression -Anxiety -Suicidality Psychotic symptoms: Cognition (Ans- -Attention -Working memory -Verbal memory -Visual memory -Executive functioning -Processing speed -Social conditioning Psychotic symptoms: Negative Symptoms (Ans- -Affective flattening -Alogia -Anhedonia -Amotivation -Asociality Symptoms of Psychosis: Hallucinations (Ans- -Perceptual experiences in the absence of external stimuli • Auditory: hearing things that are not there (may include command hallucinations in which voices direct the client to perform actions, often related to self-harm or violence towards others) • Visual: seeing things that are not there • Tactile: feeling sensations in the body in the absence of stimuli • Olfactory: smelling things that are not there • Gustatory: tasting things that are not there Symptoms of Psychosis: Delusions (Ans- -Fixed false, irrational beliefs • Persecution: delusions related to being threatened, victimized, or spied on • Reference: delusions related to receiving personal messages from tv, radio, or actions of others • Somatic: delusions related to the body, including illness or the presence of foreign objects (e.g. Sometimes people believe there are objects in their bodies; for example, they might think they are infested with insects.) • Grandeur: delusions related to beliefs of special abilities or powers • Control: delusions that actions and thoughts are controlled by others Symptoms of Psychosis: Thought Disorder (Ans- -Impairment in the process of thinking and difficulty organizing thoughts in a logical pattern • incoherent speech • loose associations • meaningless words • perseveration