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Bmj-British Medical Journal

Publication date: 2007-12-22
Volume: 335 Pages: 1294 - 1294
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group

Author:

Howes, Oliver D
Weinstein, Sara ; Tabraham, Paul ; Valmaggia, Lucia ; Broome, Matthew ; McGuire, Philip

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Medicine, General & Internal, General & Internal Medicine, THOUGHT, Humans, Language Disorders, Schizophrenic Psychology, Speech, Terminology as Topic, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, 42 Health sciences, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

Young people often use language in an unconventional way. This may create communication difficulties for older doctors, particularly in the identification of disorganised speech, say Oliver D Howes and colleagues