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Anhedonia
Anhedonia is the inability to feel pleasure. Individuals with this symptom show little interest in activities that are typically considered enjoyable, such as hobbies, recreational pursuits, or sexual relations.
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A clinician is evaluating a patient who exhibits several behaviors. The patient speaks in a rambling, incoherent way and reports seeing insects on the walls that are not there. The patient's family also reports that the individual, who used to be an avid painter and socially active, now shows a complete lack of interest in painting, avoids friends, and displays very little emotional reaction to any event, whether happy or sad. Based on this description, which of the patient's behaviors is characteristic of a 'negative symptom'?