Josue is diagnosed with schizophrenia.One of his symptoms is a speech disturbance in which he strings words together on the basis of sounds.For example,when communicating with his therapist during a session,he asked her the following question: "How are you doing today,stay,pray,lay,may?" Josue's speech disturbance is called:

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Josue's speech disturbance is characteristic of clanging, which is a symptom of schizophrenia where the individual's speech is driven by sounds rather than meaning or coherence. Inappropriate affect, mania, and disturbed emotions are not related to this symptom.

Josue Is Diagnosed with Schizophrenia