In psychology, alogia, or poverty of speech, is a general lack of additional, unprompted content seen in normal speech. As a symptom, it is commonly seen in patients suffering from Schizophrenia. It can complicate psychotherapy severely because of the considerable difficulty in holding a fluent conversation. Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul and logos = word) is the study of behaviour, mind and thought. ... Speech: (n. ... The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: A symptom can be a physical condition which shows that one has a particular illness or disorder (see e. ... In semantics, the patient is the passive part of a process. ... Psychotherapy is a set of techniques intended to cure or improve psychological and behavioral problems in humans. ...