This article describes a demonstration that simulates a verbal encounter with a person experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia. Unannounced, the instructor launches into a monologue that illustrates the disordered thought and speech of a person with schizophrenia. The monologue contains examples of the most common schizophrenic disturbances in the content and form of thought described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev. [DSM-III-R]; American Psychiatric Association, 1987). Students in introductory and abnormal psychology classes find the demonstration engaging and useful.
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