Table 3.
Symptoms of Disordered Thought and Speech Traditionally Indicative of Schizophrenia or Mania
| Schizophreniaa | Mania |
| A disorder of thought | A disorder of mood |
| Delusions | Distractibility |
| Hallucinations | Racing thoughts |
| Disorganized speech | Flight of ideas |
| Disorganized behavior | Pressure of speech |
| Incoherence | Grandiosity |
| Paranoia | |
| Catatonia | |
| Tangentiality | |
| Circumstantiality | |
| Loose associations | |
| Derailment | |
| Blocking | |
| Echolalia | |
| Echopraxia | |
| Clanging | |
| Rhyming | |
| Punning | |
| Word salad | |
| Ideas of reference | |
| Ideas of influence |
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Note that no single symptom or combination of symptoms is disease specific for schizophrenia, and all are more likely explained by the core manic symptom of distractibility.