title: The symbolic and literal in schizophrenic language.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Differences between the symbolic, or poetic, and the literal in schizophrenic language.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To enhance the nurse's therapeutic effectiveness with these clients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  What often is perceived as literal language in schizophrenic communication is, in many cases, full of symbolic meaning.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chouvardas
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D013561:Symbolism