The language and speech of individuals with psychosis reflect their impairments in cognition
and motor processes. These language disturbances can be used to identify individuals with …

Automated extraction of quantitative linguistic features has the potential to predict objectively
the onset and progression of psychosis. These linguistic variables are often considered to …

Language and speech are the primary source of data for psychiatrists to diagnose and treat
mental disorders. In psychosis, the very structure of language can be disturbed, including …

Communication disturbances are prevalent in schizophrenia, and since it is a heritable
illness these are likely present–albeit in a muted form–in the relatives of patients. Given the …

Language disturbances are a key feature of schizophrenia. Although in its early stages, the
emerging field of research focused on computational linguistics suggests an important role …

Automated language analysis of speech has been shown to distinguish healthy control (HC)
vs chronic schizophrenia (SZ) groups, yet the predictive power on first-episode psychosis …

Human ratings of conceptual disorganization, poverty of content, referential cohesion and
illogical thinking have been shown to predict psychosis onset in prospective clinical high risk …

Introduction Alterations of verbalized thought occur frequently in psychotic disorders. We
characterize linguistic findings in individuals with schizophrenia based on the current …

Computer-based assessments of natural language afford a framework with which to
measure communication disturbances in adults with severe mental illnesses. Emerging …

Abstract Thought disorder–linguistic disturbances including incoherence and derailment of
topic–is seen in individuals both with and at risk for psychosis. Methods from computational …