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Schizophrenia MH
Speech Disturbances in Schizophrenia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clang Associations | Repeating words or phrases that sound alike or substituting a word that sounds like the appropriate word |
| Clang Associations | "Honey, money,sunny" "I need some honey to buy the paper" |
| Concrete Thinking | "A stitch in time saves nine" may mean "sew the holes in your clothes" |
| Concrete Thinking | Inability to consider the abstract meaning of a phrase; frequently tested by having clients interpret proverbs |
| Echolalia | Nurse: "How is your day going?" Client: "Day going, day going, day going." |
| Echolalia | Repeating words of another after one has stopped talking |
| Flight of Ideas | "The sky is blue. The dog is dead, and I have two eyes." |
| Flight of Ideas | Rapid change in topics with a rapid flow of speech |
| Ideas of Reference | The belief that some events have special personal meaning. |
| Ideas of Reference | "The U.S. is sending satellites in to space so that they can spy on me" |
| Loose Associations | Thinking characterized by speech that moves from one unrelated idea to another |
| Loose Associations | "I'm hungry, but the desert has no rain, so it's cold outside." |
| Mutism | refusal to speak |
| Mutism | "" |
| Neologisms | Words or expression invented by the individual |
| Neologisms | "The spy is not happy when te fulgair is green." |
| Verbigeration | Purposeless repetition of phrases |
| Verbigeration | Client repeats for days: "Prepare to launch the orbiter." |
| Pressured Speech | Rapid, forced speech |
| Pressured Speech | "I must prepare. There's no time to waste. Can't talk now." |
| Word Salad | A random, jumbled set of words that have no connection or relationship to each other. |
| Word Salad | "Hot happies are spying on me but no men love short feet." |