A patient has adequate speech amount but content provides little information ,the patient is suffering from: mcq given below:
Q. A patient has adequate speech amount but content provides little information ,the patient is suffering from:(a) poverty of speech |
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Rationale: Poverty of Ideas
This question states that the patient is speaking sufficiently, but their speech lacks information and has no concrete meaning.
This means that speech quantity is normal, but speech content is weak.
This condition is called Poverty of Ideas.
In this condition, the patient:
- Speaks a lot
- But the ideas are superficial
- The speech lacks depth or new information
Why are the other options incorrect?
In Poverty of Speech, there is very little speech, whereas here the patient is speaking sufficiently.
In Echolalia, the patient repeats the words of others, which is not described here.
In Mutism, the patient does not speak at all.
✅ Exam Point:
Speaking is sufficient, but the words lack meaning →
➤ Poverty of Ideas
This question is frequently asked in Psychiatric Nursing.
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