Nurse Nicole | NCLEX Prep on Instagram: "🧠What you NEED to know👇🏻👇🏻 Clang association is a formal thought disorder seen in schizophrenia where speech is driven by sound (rhyming, punning, alliteration) instead of meaning. The words may sound clever or catchy, but the message is disorganized and illogical. Pathophysiology (why this happens): Schizophrenia involves dopamine dysregulation, especially excess dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway, leading to impaired thought organization. The brain