In the know: Shining a light on schizophrenia
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, February 9, 2009
People with schizophrenia have atypical thought patterns and thought content for their culture and circumstances. They do not process information the same way that other people do, they often misunderstand their own treatment, and they are prone to misinterpret what is said and done to them during treatment. There may be a link between schizophrenia brain functioning and language processing, meaning that people with schizophrenia may not be able to process language in the same way that others do. The brain is just not functioning in a way that makes thoughts and language coincide. Thus, people with schizophrenia may not be able to articulate their thoughts through words.
Here are some ways that schizophrenic thought processes are expressed:
- Concrete thinking: interpreting things exactly as they are said
- Neologism: making up words
- Clang speech: rhyming all words spoken
- Word salad: stringing words together that don't make sense
- Echolalia: repeating exactly what someone else has said
- Echopraxia: repeating exactly what someone else has done
- Perseveration: repeating the same activity (word or behavior) over and over again
Source: Stressed Out About Difficult Patients, HCPro, Inc. 2007. Be sure to pick up your copy today!
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