Thought Disorders Flashcards
What conditions are thought disorders associated with?
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
What is circumstantiality in thought disorders?
The patient moves onto different topics, in a way that can be followed, and eventually returns back to the original thought
What is circumstantiality in thought disorders?
The patient moves onto different topics, in a way that can be followed, and eventually returns back to the original thought
What is derailment (or flight of ideas) in thought disorders?
When the conversation moves randomly from topic to topic, that cannot be linked
What is poverty of speech?
A lack of spontaneous speech
What is perseveration in thought disorders?
The repetition of words or ideas when someone else attempts to change the topic
What is though blocking?
When a patient suddenly halts their thought process and cannot continue
What is echolalia?
When a person repeats someone else’s speech, including the question that was asked
What are clang associations?
When ideas are related to each other only by the fact that they sound similar or rhyme
What is tangentiality?
Where a patient jumps from topic to topic, in a way that can be followed, but does not come back around to the original idea
What is tangentiality?
Where a patient jumps from topic to topic, in a way that can be followed, but does not come back around to the original idea
What is thought broadcasting?
Where a patient believes that others can hear their thoughts
What is Knight’s move?
Where there are illogical leaps from one idea to another in conversation
What are Cotard delusions?
A delusion that the patient or a part of their body is dead or non-existent
What is a Capgras delusion?
A delusion that a person close to the patient has been replaced
