A patient with the diagnosis of schizophrenia,disorganized type,approaches the nurse and says,"It's beat,it's eat.No room for doom." The nurse can correctly assess this verbalization as:

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Clanging,or clang associations,involves choosing words based on their sounds rather than their meanings and usually involves alliteration or rhyming.Neologisms are newly coined words.Looseness of association refers to thoughts that are poorly connected to each other,or that do not seem to present in logical order.Ideas of reference involve interpreting neutral events as somehow having specific meaning or relationship to the patient.

A Patient with the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia,disorganized Type,approaches the Nurse