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disorganized speech

disorganized speech Disorganized speech is a prominent language disturbance in schizophrenia in which speech loses coherence as it unfolds, showing disrupted use of context from one part of discourse to the next.

Disorganized speech is a prominent language disturbance in schizophrenia in which speech loses coherence as it unfolds, showing disrupted use of context from one part of discourse to the next. In plain terms, the person’s speech becomes increasingly hard to predict or follow because global meaning is not being maintained.