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Clang associations are groupings of words, usually rhyming words, that are based on similar-sounding sounds, even though the words themselves don't have any logical reason to be grouped together. A person who is speaking this way may be showing signs of psychosis in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
In bipolar disorder, clang associations can appear in psychotic episodes in the manic phases of the illness, although they also can occur in psychoses linked to depression. In schizophrenia, clang associations are closely linked with an inability to communicate.
"Clanging" also has been referred to as "glossomania" in medical literature relating to speech alterations in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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