Question

John was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. He frequently makes statements that are not logical and contain repeating rhyming words, such as “The train brain rained on me.” In this example, John is displaying:

Answer 1

Answer: Disorganized speech.

Explanation: Such speech is characteristic of the so-called disorganized schizophrenia. In addition to speech disorganization, there is also disorganization in everyday behavior. The hallucinations and psychoses that the schizophrenic has are contributing to disorganized speech, moving from one topic to another, very unrelated, repeating what the other said, or talking to nonexistent subjects. In schizophrenics, there is a torrent of unrelated words that are logical and "related" to him, and these words are the result of abnormal thought processes.