Thought Content/Process Descriptors

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Belief that one is favored by a higher being or is an instrument or that being

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Religious delusion

Question 1

False belief that is firmly maintained even though it is not shared by others and is contraindicated by social reality

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Delusion

Question 2

Belief that ones body or parts of ones body are diseased or distorted

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Somatic delusion

Question 3

Belief that one possesses greatness or special powers

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Grandiose delusion

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Excessive or irrational suspicion and distrust of others, characterized by systematized delusions that others are “out to get them” or spying on them

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Paranoid delusion

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Belief that ones thoughts are being aired to the outside world

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Thought broadcasting

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Belief that ones thoughts are being placed into ones mind by outside people or influences

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Thought insertion

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The feeling of having lost self-identity and that things around the person are different, strange, or unreal

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Depersonalization

Question 8

Somatic overconcern with and morbid attention to details of body functioning

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Hypochondriasis

Question 9

Incorrect interpretation of casual incidents and external events as having direct personal reference

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Ideas of reference

Question 10

Belief that thinking equates with doing characterized by lack of realistic relationship between cause and effect

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Magical thinking

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Thoughts of nonexistence and hopelessness

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Nihilistic ideas

Question 12

An idea, emotion, or impulse, that repetitively and insistently forces itself into consciousness, although it is unwelcome

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Obsession

Question 13

A morbid fear associated with extreme anxiety

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Phobia

Question 14

Thought and speech associated with excessive and unnecessary detail that is usually relevant to a question, and an answer is eventually provided

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Circumstantial

Question 15

Overproductive speech characterized by rapid shifting from one topic to another and fragmenting ideas

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Flight of ideas

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Lack of a logical relationship between thoughts and ideas that renders speech and thought inexact, vague, diffuse, and unfocused

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Loose associations

Question 17

New word or words created by the patient, often a blend of other words

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Neologisms

Question 18

Involuntary, excessive continuation or repetition of a single response, idea, or activity; may apply to speech or movement, but most often verbal

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Perseveration

Question 19

Similar to circumstantial but the person never returns to the central point and never answers the original question

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Tangential

Question 20

Sudden halt in the train of thought or in the middle of a sentence

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Thought blocking

Question 21

Series or words that seem totally unrelated

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Word salad