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Mptoms of schizophrenia such as unusual thoughts or perceptions, delusions, hallucinations, and bizarre behavior, are called

a. negative symptoms
Ob. positive symptoms
c. inhibitory symptoms
d. expressive symptoms
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Positive symptoms, option B

Step-by-step explanation:

When it comes to mental health disorders (not just schizophrenia), positive symptoms are symptoms that add to the patient's general wellbeing and state of condition. Many people mistakenly think that positive symptoms are good, because of the first word in the term, and this is not necessarily true. These symptoms can be delusions, hallucinations, bizarre behaviors, unusual and intrusive thoughts and perceptions, etc.

Conversely, negative symptoms are those that remove from the patient's general wellbeing and state of condition. Just like the previous section states, many people mistakenly think that negative symptoms are bad. These can include anhedonia (lack or loss of pleasure doing things), apathy (inability or loss of ability to feel emotions), flat or blunted affect (blank facial expression), etc.

So, as stated because delusions, hallucinations, bizarre behaviors, etc. all add to the patient's general well-being, they are considered positive symptoms, option B.

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