psychiatry terms – thought process – Flashcards

circumstantiality is: citing excessively minute details which distract from the central theme of a conversation. Example: When asked about a bruise on her arm, the patient recounts everything else that happened that same day before explaining how she was injured.

Over inclusiveness is a type of association disorder observed in some schizophrenia patients. The individual is unable to think in a precise manner because of an inability to keep irrelevant elements outside perceptual boundaries.

Tangentiality is the tendency to speak about topics unrelated to the main topic of discussion. While most people engage in tangentiality from time to time, constant and extreme tangentiality may indicate an underlying mental health condition, particularly schizophrenia.

Derailment is a thought disorder characterized by discourse consisting of a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas. The frame of reference often changes from one sentence to the next.[1][2]

a disturbance in the thinking processes that is a rapid and continuous succession of ideas that are related. It can be demonstrated during speech that moves rapidly between topics. FLIGHT OF IDEAS: "Flight of ideas is seen in manic and other disorders."

In psychiatry, derailment (also loosening of association, asyndesis, asyndetic thinking, knight's move thinking, or entgleisen) is a thought disorder characterized by discourse consisting of a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas. The frame of reference often changes from one sentence to the next.

confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases, specifically (in psychiatry) as a form of speech indicative of advanced schizophrenia.

Thought blocking is a thought condition usually caused by a mental health condition such as schizophrenia. During thought blocking, a person stops speaking suddenly and without explanation in the middle of a sentence.

In psychology and psychiatry, clanging refers to a mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sound rather than concepts. For example, this may include compulsive rhyming or alliteration without apparent logical connection between words.

is a speech and communication disorder characterized by a rapid rate making speech difficult to understand, erratic rhythm, poor syntax or grammar, and words or groups of words unrelated to the sentence

The invention of new words regarded as a symptom of certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia.

The essential feature of approximate answers is that whilst the patient gives an incorrect response, the nature of the response suggests that he/she understands the question. Thus the patient may say that grass is blue and that a dog has three legs. When asked the day of the week or month of the year, he/she will give a day of the week or month of the year but the wrong one. This is in direct contrast to answers that are simply nonsensical, perseverative or otherwise inappropriate

Poverty of thought is a global reduction in the quantity of thought and thought perseveration refers to a pattern where a person keeps returning to the same limited set of ideas.

is a general lack of additional, unprompted content seen in normal speech. As a symptom, it is commonly seen in patients suffering from schizophrenia, and is considered as a negative symptom