What is clang in schizophrenia?
- What is clang in schizophrenia?
Clang associations are groupings of words, usually rhyming words, that are based on similar-sounding sounds, even though the words themselves don't have any logical reason to be grouped together. 1 A person who is speaking this way may be showing signs of psychosis in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
- What is word salad a symptom of?
Word salad is defined as “a jumble of extremely incoherent speech as sometimes observed in schizophrenia,” and has been used of patients suffering from other kinds of dementia, such as Alzheimer's. Like a salad encased in Jell-O, a 'word salad' doesn't make a lot of sense.