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Neologism: From 2 Different Sources

The act of making up new words that have a special meaning for the inventor. The term also refers to the invented words themselves. Persistent neologism can be a feature of speech in people with schizophrenia.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
n. (in psychiatry) the invention of words that do not exist in one’s language. It is common in childhood, but when it occurs in an adult it may be a symptom of a psychotic illness, such as *schizophrenia. It should be distinguished from *paraphasia, in which new meanings are attached to ordinary words.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Glossolalia

Speaking in an imaginary language that has no actual meaning or syntax. (See also neologism.)... glossolalia

Thought Disorders

Abnormalities in the structure or content of thought, as reflected in a person’s speech, writing, or behaviour. Schizophrenia causes several thought disorders, including loss of logical connections between associations, the invention of new words (see neologisms), thought blocking (sudden interruption in the train of thought), the feeling that thoughts are being inserted into or withdrawn from the mind, and auditory hallucinations.

Incoherent thoughts occur in all types of confusion, including dementia and delirium. Rapidly jumping from one ideato another occurs in hypomania and mania. In depression, thinking becomes slow, there is a lack of association, and a tendency to dwell in great detail on trivial subjects. In obsessive–compulsive disorder, recurrent ideas seem to come into a person’s mind involuntarily. Delusions, which occur in schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses, may be an expression of distorted thinking.... thought disorders


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