Disorganized schizophrenia causes disorganized speech and
behavior.
Examples of disorganized speech include:
- Making up words (neologisms). For example: 'I am
going to the park to ride the wallywhoop.'
- Rhyming all the words
(clang speech). For example: 'Deck the halls with boughs of holly, folly,
polly, dolly, hello Dolly, want a lollipop?'
- Saying sentences that
make no sense to other people (word salad). For example: 'Give paper floor me
school hop bus.'
- Repeating exactly what someone else has said
(echolalia) or has done (echopraxia).
Examples of disorganized behavior include:
- Repeating the same activity (word or behavior)
over and over again (perseveration).
- Dressing oddly, such as
wearing many sets of clothing one over the other or wearing hats, gloves, and
heavy coats in the summer.
- Doing things in public that are usually
done only in private. For example: urinating on a street corner.
