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Mars2501 [29]
3 years ago
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Jerry is suffering from schizophrenia. His friends and family find it difficult to derive meaning from his speech although he fo

llows grammatical rules while forming sentences. His speech comprises of random words and names which have no relation to the context of the situation. He coins new words that are not commonly accepted. Which of the following best describes his speech?
A. Digress.
B. Derailment.
C. Word salad.
D. Thought block.
Social Studies
1 answer:
Harlamova29_29 [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:C. Word salad

Explanation:

The term word salad is used to define a speech that contains random words or phrases that are used together in a sentence or combined in any way when someone speaks but somehow the don't make sense and can no t be understood. When a person tries to listen to the speaker they can not form a message from it or grasp what is meant. Mental illness are usually the cause of word salad speech below are the few mental illness that result to this:

Dementia

Schizophrenia

Receptive aphasia

Anoxic brain injury

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