Disturbances in Thought - Delusions

Question 1

False belief that cannot be corrected by reasons

Answer 1

Delusions

Question 2

False belief that one thoughts
and actions are controlled by an
external force.

Answer 2

Alien Control

Question 2

False belief that others are
against him or will harm him.

Answer 2

Persecutory Delusions (Paranoid)

Question 2

False belief that one denies
existence of self or part of self.

In extreme cases, the person
believes that he is already
DEAD.

Answer 2

Nihilistic Delusion (Cotard’s Syndrome)

Question 3

False belief that one’s thought
is taken by others.

Answer 3

Thought Withdrawal

Question 4

False belief that one’s thought
can be read by others.

Answer 4

Thought Broadcasting

Question 5

False belief that others inserted
thoughts or ideas into his mind

Answer 5

Thought Insertion

Question 6

False belief that one is superior
and powerful.

Answer 6

Grandiosity

Question 6

False belief that situations or
event in the environment are
directly projected into the
client.

Answer 6

Ideas of Reference

Question 7

False belief that one feels
unworthy, ugly, or sinful.

Answer 7

Self-Depreciation

Question 7

False belief pertaining to body
image or function.

Answer 7

Somatic Delusions

Question 8

Flow of unconnected words
that convey no meaning to the
listener

Answer 8

Word Salad

Question 9

A persistent and irresistible
thought that a person is driven
to think again and again.

Answer 9

Obsession

Question 10

A morbid belief that one is
sick.

Answer 10

Hypochondria

Question 11

A tendency to emit the same
verbal or motor response again
and again usually as a response
to a stimulus.

Answer 11

Perseveration

Question 12

Patient provide a lot of details
before finally answering the
question.

Answer 12

Circumstantiality

Question 13

Verbal production is not at all
related to the question.

Answer 13

Tangentiality

Question 14

Creating new words that only
the client understands.

Answer 14

Neologism

Question 14

Sudden stoppage of thought
without apparent reason.

Answer 14

Thought Blocking

Question 15

Patient’s verbal production is
impossible to follow due to
lack of organization and lack of
connection between ideas.

Answer 15

Loose Association

Question 16

Extreme form of loose
association, wherein there is no
two words that connect
together to form and logical
association

Answer 16

Word Salad

Question 17

Patient speaks in rhymes.

Answer 17

Clang Association

Question 18

Over productivity of talk and
verbal jumping quickly from
one idea to another. Sometimes
ideas are superficially
associated

Answer 18

Flight of Ideas

Question 19

Also known as “Circumstantial thinking” or “Circumstantial Speech”

Answer 19

Circumstantiality

Question 20

Patient has few ideas and focus
only on negative aspects.

Answer 20

Poverty of Ideas

Question 21

Often include excessive irrelevant details in their speaking or writing

Answer 21

Circumstantiality

Question 22

They maintain their original train of thought but provide a lot of unnecessary details before circling back to their main point

Answer 22

Circumstantiality