Pressure of speech
SpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology

Pressure of speech (or pressured speech) is a speech fast and frenetic (i.e. mainly without pauses), including some irregularities in loudness and rhythm or some degrees of circumstantiality; it is hard to interpret and expresses a (generally non-apparent) feeling/affect of emergency.[1][2] It is mainly a neuropsychological symptom of specific mental disorders, like bipolar disorders, thought disorders, stress-related disorders, etc. – see below.

Description

Pressured speech is unrelenting, rapid, often loud talking without pauses. Those with pressured speech do not respond to verbal and nonverbal cues indicating that others wish to speak, turning from one listener to another or speaking even when no listeners remain.

Causes

Mental disorders' symptoms

Pressure of speech mainly happens in the bipolar disorders, during the hypomanic and manic episodes.[3][1] It also happens because of acute or chronic over-stress in post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder.[4][5] Thought disorders' symptoms like flight of ideas can induce pressured speech, with some degrees of circumstantiality or tangential speech.[6] It is also a direct or indirect symptom of anxiety disorders,[7] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,[8] autism spectrum disorders,[9] and schizophrenia.[10]

Stimulants

Psychostimulants such as cocaine or amphetamines may cause speech resembling pressured speech in individuals with pre-existing psychopathology and produce hypomanic or manic symptoms in general, owing both to the substance's own qualities and the underlying nature of an individual's psyche. In many psychotic disorders, use of certain drugs amplifies certain expressions of symptoms, and stimulant-induced pressured speech is among them.

Effects

Pressured speech may lead to stuttering, e.g. whenever the persons want expressing themselves faster than their ability to utter their thoughts.[11]

Related conditions

See also

References

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  9. ^ Kroncke, Anna P.; Willard, Marcy; Huckabee, Helena (February 2016). "Emotions, mood, behavior, and adaptive assessment". Assessment of autism spectrum disorder. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-25504-0.
  10. ^ Sakakibara, Eisuke; Nishida, Takuji; Sugishita, Kazuyuki; Jinde, Seiichiro; Inoue, Yushi; Kasai, Kiyoto (July 2012). "Acute psychosis during the postictal period in a patient with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Postictal psychosis or aggravation of schizophrenia? A case report and review of the literature". Epilepsy & Behavior. 24 (3): 373–376. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.127. PMID 22652424. S2CID 10873224.
  11. ^ Perkins, William H. (1 January 1993). "What Is Stuttering and Why?". In Boberg, Einer (ed.). Neuropsychology of stuttering. University of Alberta. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-88864-239-4. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  12. ^ Green, Ben (2009). Problem-Based Psychiatry. Abingdon: Radcliffe. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-84619-042-1.
  13. ^ "Circumstantiality". Dorland's Medical Dictionary Online. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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