Carlos Morra and Ernst Franzek: Psychopathological Symptoms

Paragrammatism

Definition: Words and syllables are an incoherent, meaningless mix (Pfuhlmann, Franzek and Stöber 1998).

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

Reference:

Pfuhlmann B, Franzek E, Stöber G. Cataphasia: a by formal thought disorders and speech characteristics distinguished psychosis of the schizophrenic domain. Nervenarzt 1998; 69: 257-63.

January 2, 2020