Melvin suffers from schizophrenia. One of his symptoms is that while talking to others, he will abruptly stop speaking, often in mid-sentence. He complains that he suffers these same types
Of involuntary interruptions in his thoughts, too. Melvin's symptoms represent ______.

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Melvin's symptoms of abruptly stopping speaking in mid-sentence and experiencing involuntary interruptions in his thoughts are characteristic of the symptom called "blocking" in schizophrenia. Blocking refers to the sudden and temporary loss of a previously accessible train of thought or line of verbal expression. Clanging refers to the use of words based on their sound rather than their meaning, neologisms are newly created words or expressions, and perseveration refers to the repetition of a particular response, such as a word or phrase.

Melvin Suffers from Schizophrenia