Matching Pairs Thought disordersOnline version Matching game for thought disorders by Caroline Morton 1 Poverty of thought (alogia) 2 Thought withdrawal 3 Thought broadcasting 4 Thought blocking 5 Hallucination 6 Perseveration 7 Word salad 8 Clanging 9 Thought insertion 10 Derailment 11 Delusion 12 Illusion 13 Circumstantiality 14 Tangentiality 15 Knight’s move thinking 16 Neologism 17 Flight of ideas unshakeable belief in something untrue new word that is made, may be meaningless and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word Experience of a person when their chain of thought suddenly, and unexpectedly stops, even mid sentence. Loosening of associations- unclear or confusing connections between larger units, such as sentences or clauses eg flight of ideas or circumstantiality The delusion that one’s thoughts are being removed from one’s mind by other people or forces outside oneself. Slowing of thought, goal-directed but so slow, may never reach this, difficulty making decisions. slow, laboured speech, considerable answer delay Incoherent mixture of random words and phrases. Thought is delayed in reaching its goal because of excessive and unnecessary detail, but it does get there. The person believes that thoughts that are not their own have been inserted into their mind. Misinterpretation of a real stimulus, mixing of false and true perceptions A perception without an object When the word choice is dictated and connected by sound (rhyming) rather than appropriate meaning Loosening of associations, seems like jumping between topics, but there is an underlying logic (even if odd or unclear) Deviates from initial train of thought but never gets to it goal; it drifts from one point to the next Repetition of ideas or words, even when the person tries to change topic Accelerated thinking (pressured speech), logical connection between consecutive thoughts, goal may be lost due to distractibility The person believes their thoughts are able to be heard by other people around.
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