title: [Language regression to the mother tongue in polyglot patients with acute psychosis].
abstract: Three bilingual patients with schizophrenia are presented, who spoke almost exclusively in their native language during acute episodes of psychosis. Normal use of the foreign language, German, was again possible after remission of the acute symptoms. This phenomenon of regression is similar to speech disorders in patients with aphasia and is discussed with reference to recent biological findings.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Abteilung, St.-Josef-Krankenhaus, Moers.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Assion
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D010343:Patient Admission; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents