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| Speech that is incomprehensible. |
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| A flow of thoughts that is vague, unfocused and illogical. |
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| Thinking characterized by contradictions and erroneous conclusions. |
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| Words invented by a person, or distortions of existing words to which a person had given new personalized meanings. Ex "murdeviousness" |
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| The experience in which a person seemingly "loses' a thought in the midst of speaking, leading to a period of silence ranging from a second to minutes. |
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| Speech that is indirect and delayed in reaching the point because of irrelevant and tedious details |
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| Going completely off the track and never returning to the point of the conversation. |
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| Speech in which the sound, rather than the meaning of the words determines the content of the person's speech. Ex the bell on my clock the smell from the sock and the well was out of stock. |
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| Fabricating facts or events to fill voids in one's memory. Not concious lies but are attempts to respond to questions with answers that seem to approximate the truth. |
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| Persistent repetition or echoing of words or phrases as if the person was intending to be mocking or sarcastic. Ex what time is it... the time, the time, the time... |
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| Fast paced speech that while usually intelligible is marked by acceleration, abrupt changes of topic and plays on words. |
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| Speech that is so rapid and driven that it seems as though the individual is being inwardly compelled to utter a stream of nonstop monologue. Flight of ideas usually involves pressure of speech. |
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| Repetition of the same idea, word, or sound. |
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