At the joint of two sciences: psychiatry and speech therapy ctualization of speech communications in patients with schizophrenia continuous professional development

The article presents an experimental experiment to analyze the characteristics of the speech sphere in persons diagnosed with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study is to identify psycholinguistic differences in oral speech in individuals with this mental disorder. Results of the study: in the presence of a diagnosis of schizophrenia, defects are noted at the level of updating speech connections. In patients, the effect of context on speech understanding is smoothed out. The results of the experiment demonstrated that the individuals under study updated a significantly wider range of responses and used a greater number of variations than healthy subjects. Along with this, there was a natural shift in the frequency distribution of responses. In all responses of the subjects, there was a decrease in the number of highly probable, standard answers and an increase in unlikely ones. In patients with schizophrenia, the total number of highly probable responses was significantly lower than in apparently healthy people. Consequently, standardization indicators in the experimental group were lower than in healthy subjects. The actualization of unlikely responses normally leads to an extension of the latent periods of reactions. In people with schizophrenia, the actualization of unlikely responses occurs more instinctively and involuntarily. Conclusion. Material on the study of speech dysfunctions in schizophrenia is currently limited. Clearly, further research in this area is needed. This direction is of great importance for obtaining new data that plays an important role in pathopsychological diagnosis. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of speech function allows us to take a fresh look at defects and deficits in schizophrenia.