Altered thought process Flashcards

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When asked about their day, a person might describe every minor detail before finally mentioning the main event.

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Circumstantiality

gets caught up in countless details before finally answering a question.

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A person with memory loss might create an elaborate story to explain missing time, genuinely believing it to be true.

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confabulation

filling a memory gap with detailed fantasy believed by the person

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A person might rapidly talk about their job, then suddenly shift to discussing a movie, then jump to their plans for the weekend, all in a few seconds.

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Flight of Ideas

constant flow of speech jumping rapidly from one topic to another

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A person might say, “The weather is good today, I need to buy some socks, the dog barked yesterday,” with no logical connection between these ideas.

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Looseness of Association

illogical and confused thinking with interrupted connections in thought

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A person might use the word “flibberflop” to describe their mood, with no one else understanding the term.

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Neologisms

made-up words that have meaning only to the individual

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A person might be explaining something and then suddenly stop mid-sentence, staring blankly before abruptly talking about something else.

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thought blocking

sudden cessation of a thought in the middle of a sentence

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A person might say, “Apple sky bus running green twist,” with no logical connection or meaning in the sentence.

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Word Salad

a mixture of words and phrases that has no coherent meaning

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A person might hear voices or see things that are not actually there, believing them to be real.

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impaired reality testing

inability to distinguish between what is real and what is not

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A person might struggle to keep a conversation on track, jumping between unrelated thoughts without a clear narrative.

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Fragmentation of Thoughts

breakdown of coherent thinking = disorganized + disconnected ideas

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If someone says “How are you?” and the person with echolalia responds by simply repeating “How are you?” without meaning to answer the question

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Echolalia

pathological repeating of another’s words

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A person might believe that ordinary objects or people are spying on them or have special meanings.

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Distorted Perception of the Environment

misinterpreting or having altered views of reality

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12
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A person might believe that thinking about winning the lottery will make it happen.

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Magical thinking

belief that one’s thoughts words or actions can cause or prevent events

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A person might struggle to follow a conversation or express their thoughts clearly.

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Inability to Conceptualize Meaning in Words or Thoughts

difficulty understanding or making sense of words and ideas

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When telling a story, a person might jump back and forth in time, mixing up events and making the story hard to follow.

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Inability to Organize Facts Logically

disordered thinking where one can’t arrange thoughts in a logical order

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A person might believe they are a famous historical figure despite clear evidence that this is not true.

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Delusions

false beliefs that are firmly held despite evidence to the contrary

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16
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Hearing voices when none are present

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Auditory hallucination

17
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Experiencing taste in the absence of stimuli

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Gustatory hallucination

18
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Smelling smells that do not exist

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Olfactory hallucination

19
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Feeling touch sensations in the absence of stimuli

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Tactile hallucination

20
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Seeing things that are not there

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Visual hallucinations

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