poverty of content of speech

poverty of content of speech

speech that is adequate in quantity but too vague, repetitious, and lacking in content to be qualitatively adequate. It is frequently observed in schizophrenia and is distinct from poverty of speech, in which the quantity of speech is diminished.

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