Carlos Morra and Ernst Franzek: Psychopathological Symptoms

Incoherent Speech

Definition: Fragmented speech where words and sentences are arbitrarily and meaninglessly put together (Petho and Ban 1989).

Exploration: The presence of Incoherent speech can be established by interviewing the patient.

Reference:

Pethö B, Ban TA. DCR Budapest-Nashville in the diagnosis and classification of functional psychoses. Psychopathology 1989; 21: 153-240.

January 9, 2020