Crazy talk: thought disorder or psychiatric arrogance?
The crazy talk exhibited by some mental patients is re-examined. Our inability to understand the other is not a valid reason for concluding that he is insane, much less than he has a brain disease. The seemingly senseless speech of persons called 'psychotic' resembles glossolalia or the religious phenomenon of 'gift of tongues' rather than a speech disturbance, such as aphasia, indicative of brain disease.
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State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D013850:Thinking; D014705:Verbal Behavior