1. Describing schizophrenic speech; 2. Thought disorder as a syndrome in schizophrenia; 3. The differential diagnosis of thought disorder; 4. Thought disorder as a form of dysphasia; 5. Thought disorder and communicative competence; 6. Thought disorder as a dysexecutive phenomenon; 7. The dyssemantic hypothesis of thought disorder; 8. Some conclusions and a few speculations.
This book reviews our knowledge of the incoherent speech which can present as a symptom of schizophrenia.
Peter McKenna is a psychiatrist with a special interest in schizophrenia. He has written one previous book on the subject and has carried out research, principally on the neuropsychology of the disorder. Tomasina Oh strayed into the area of schizophrenic thought disorder during her PhD. A linguist by training, she is interested in language impairment, as well as the relationship between language and cognition.
From the hardback review: '... as the first book on its subject in more than a decade, and perhaps the first ever that comprehensively reviews prior work, Schizophrenic Speech fills a major gap.' Psychological Medicine From the hardback review: 'this book is an informative, easy to read reference for people in the field of psychiatry and psychology who want a quick tour of thought disorder from the conceptual to the theoretical framework.' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
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