To begin with, we will understand what the concept of syndrome actually means. Psychopathological syndrome is a combination of symptoms that help to diagnose. The symptom itself is not a diagnosis, since it can be characterized by opposing diseases in the root. That is, the main psychopathological syndromes are that which results from a multitude of symptoms, what can be combined them.
Positive Syndromes
The essence of positive syndromes is far from positive. Simply "positive" means that in the norm (classical form of the disease), this symptom should not be, and it is added.
Among the positive psychopathological symptoms and syndromes are divided:
- hallucinatory-delusional;
- over-valuable ideas;
- affective disorders;
- asthenia;
- neurotic syndromes.
For example, the most "popular" added syndromes are affective disorders. They mean sudden changes in mood - oppression ( depression ) and recovery (mania). Their influence extends to the mental and motor activity of a person.
Negative Syndromes
By analogy, the main negative psychopathological symptoms and syndromes mean that there is no what is normal in a person's mental state. That is, it means a certain defect and deficit:
- dementia;
- disharmony;
- subjective and objective personality changes;
- regression;
- amnestic syndrome.
Amnesty, for example, means the loss of the ability to remember recent events. A second after the conversation, the patient forgets with whom and what he said. The patient loses orientation in time and place, the treating doctor from time to time asks for advice on solving the same problems.
As for the disharmony of the person , it manifests itself in the form of irritation by the environment and excessive egocentrism. Any life complexity causes confusion, a sense of hopelessness, while it expresses the most superficial judgments and is quickly depleted.