The client is describing her trip to town. She tells the nurse, "I cold town yellow water girl outside below ground." This speech disturbance is called:
a. Neologism
b. Word salad
c. Flight of ideas
d. Verbigeration
B
Word salad is verbal communication in which a series of unrelated words with no connection is used. Neologism is words or expressions invented by the individual. Flight of ideas refers to rapid flow of speech along with a rapid change of topics; and verbigeration is purposeless repeating of phrases.
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