Descriptive Psychopathology: The Signs and Symptoms of ...

Table 9.6. Speech and language features of psychiatric patientsFeature Schizophrenia Mania Melancholia Catatonia Frontal dementia DeliriumSpontaneity Avolitional syndromeDisinhibited syndromeFluency With retardationWith agitation Both syndromesReduced turn-taking Both syndromesVerbal output Low High Low withretardationHigh withagitation○WithmutismLow with avolitional syndromeWith disinhibited syndromeVariableModulation Low High Low Low Normal VariablePoor articulation ○ ○ ○ ○ ○Mannerisms ○ ○ ○Stereotypes and perseverations ○ Both syndromes○248