Graphorrhea

In psychology, graphorrhea, or graphorrhoea, is a communication disorder expressed by excessive wordiness with minor or sometimes incoherent rambling, specifically in written work.[1] Graphorrhea is most commonly associated with schizophrenia[2][3][4][5] but can also result from several psychiatric and neurological disorders such as aphasia, thalamic lesions, temporal lobe epilepsy[6] and mania. Some ramblings may follow some or all grammatical rules but still leave the reader confused and unsure about what the piece is about.

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References
  1. Colman, Andrew M. (2015). A Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780199657681.
  2. Aldrich, Chris (2002). The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families. Trafford Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 9781553698869.
  3. Lechtenberg, Richard (1982). The Psychiatrist's Guide to Diseases of the Nervous System. Wiley. p. 115. ISBN 9780471087274.
  4. Igakubu, Nihon Daigaku (1971). The Nihon University Journal of Medicine. p. 77.
  5. Critchley, Edmund Michael R. (1987). Language and Speech Disorders: A Neurophysiological Approach. CNS. p. 174. ISBN 9781869868703.
  6. Hier, Daniel B.; Gorelick, Philip B.; Shindler, Andrea Gellin (1987-01-01). Topics in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology: With Key References. Butterworths. p. 62. ISBN 9780409951653.
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