1. Symptoms

2. Example

3. Treatment

4. See also

5. References

If someone exhibits circumstantial speech during a conversation, they will often seem to "talk the long way around" to their point, which may be an attempt by the speaker to include pertinent details, that may contrast with the speech which is more direct, succinct, and to the point (the gist) even at the expense of more precise, accurate communication.{{cn|date=February 2018}}

Circumstantial speech is more direct than tangential speech in which the speaker wanders and drifts and usually never returns to the original topic, and is far less severe than logorrhea.^[3]

Symptoms

A person afflicted with circumstantiality has slowed thinking and invariably talks at length about irrelevant and trivial details (i.e. circumstances).^[4] Eliciting information from such a person can be difficult since circumstantiality makes it hard for the individual to stay on topic. In most instances however, the relevant details are eventually achieved.

The disorder is often associated with stress, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.^[2]

Example

An example of circumstantial speech is that when asked about the age of a person's mother at death, the speaker responds by talking at length about accidents and how too many people die in accidents, then eventually says what the mother's age was at death.^[1]

Treatment

Treatment often involves the use of behavioral modification and anticonvulsants, antidepressants and anxiolytics.^[5]

See also

• Aphasia
• Agnosia
• Auditory processing disorder

References

• Johnny Issaluk
• Johnny Is the Boy for Me
• Johnny Jackson (Australian footballer)
• Johnny Jackson, Jr.
• Johnny Jackson Jr.
• Johnny Jackson (racing driver)
• Johnny Jamison
• Johnny Jennings
• Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
• Johnny Johnny Yes Papa (film)
• Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)
• Johnny joke
• Johnny Jonas
• Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1943)
• Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)
• Johnny Joo
• Johnny Kassir
• Johnny Kay
• Johnny Kemper
• Johnny Keon
• Johnny Kincaid
• Johnny Kin On Sin
• Johnny Klausmeier
• Johnny Klimek
• Johnny Knolla