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Associative slippage also may manifest in general vagueness of thinking, which is not grossly incoherent but conveys little information, even though many words may have been used. This disturbance, known as "poverty of thought" ( 24), is a major diagnostic sign of schizophrenia, when known organic mental disorders have been ruled out. Here is a sample from a letter a high school student wrote to the psychiatrist in response to the question why he was in the hospital: "I often contemplate— it is a general stance of the world—it is a tendency which varies from time to time—it defines things more than others—it is in the nature of habit—this is what I would like to say to explain everything.".
Alogia: 1. Complete lack of speech, as in profound mental retardation or advanced dementia. Alogia is synonymous in this sense with aphasia. 2. Poverty of speech, as commonly occurs in schizophrenia. From the Greek a-, without + logos, speech.
Alogia: 1. Complete lack of speech, as in profound mental retardation or advanced dementia. Alogia is synonymous in this sense with aphasia. 2. Poverty of speech, as commonly occurs in schizophrenia. From the Greek a-, without + logos, speech.
