Language and schizophrenia

Wykes, Til

doi:10.1017/s0033291700047279

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“…In general, linguistic analyses have not proved useful to psychiatrists (Wykes, 1980). However, the difference in the cohesion of disordered speech of manics and schizophrenics offers a new lead to ways of looking at possible cognitive differences between these two groups.…”

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Can the psychiatrist learn from the psycholinguist? Detecting coherence in the disordered speech of manics and schizophrenics

Wykes

1981

Psychol. Med.

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SYNOPSISIn general, linguistic analyses have not proved useful to psychiatrists because of their complexity and their inability to differentiate between diagnostic groups. However, cohesion analyses of disordered speech seem to offer both a simple and potentially useful tool for clinical diagnosis. This study was designed to test whether psychiatrists can use the rudiments of this analysis in order to differentiate between two diagnostic groups, manics and schizophrenics.

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Can the psychiatrist learn from the psycholinguist? Detecting coherence in the disordered speech of manics and schizophrenics

Wykes

1981

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“…This paper will instead attempt to develop a cognitive-processing model by conceptually linking VHs and speech disorganization. The latter, often referred to as "loose associations," is also a frequent clinical manifestation of schizophrenia and has undergone extensive scrutiny over the last 10 years, including a recent BBS target article (Schwartz 1982; also see reviews by Maher 1972;Rochester and Martin 1979;Wykes 1980). The present author, in collaboration with colleagues, has investigated schizophrenic speech disorganization as a disturbance in generating multipropositional discourse plans that specify communicative intentions.…”

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