Examination - Thought disorders

Question 1

Circumstantiality

Answer 1

inability to answer a question without giving excessive, unnecessary detail. However, this differs from tangentiality in that the person does eventually return the original point.

Question 2

Tangentiality

Answer 2

refers to wandering from a topic without returning to it.

Question 3

Clang associations

Answer 3

when ideas are related to each other only by the fact they sound similar or rhyme.

Question 4

Word salad

Answer 4

incoherent speech where real words are strung together into nonsense sentences.

Question 5

Knight’s move

Answer 5

a severe type of loosening of associations, where there are unexpected and illogical leaps from one idea to another. It is a feature of schizophrenia.

Question 6

Flight of ideas

Answer 6

a feature of mania, is thought disorder where there are leaps from one topic to another but with discernible links between them.

Question 7

Perseveration

Answer 7

repetition of ideas or words despite an attempt to change the topic.

Question 8

Echolalia

Answer 8

the repetition of someone else’s speech, including the question that was asked.