Matching Pairs Thought disordersOnline version Matching game for thought disorders by Caroline Morton 1 Thought broadcasting 2 Poverty of thought (alogia) 3 Word salad 4 Circumstantiality 5 Knight’s move thinking 6 Thought insertion 7 Hallucination 8 Clanging 9 Derailment 10 Neologism 11 Flight of ideas 12 Perseveration 13 Illusion 14 Tangentiality 15 Thought withdrawal 16 Delusion 17 Thought blocking Accelerated thinking (pressured speech), logical connection between consecutive thoughts, goal may be lost due to distractibility The person believes that thoughts that are not their own have been inserted into their mind. unshakeable belief in something untrue 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) Incoherent mixture of random words and phrases. Deviates from initial train of thought but never gets to it goal; it drifts from one point to the next Thought is delayed in reaching its goal because of excessive and unnecessary detail, but it does get there. Repetition of ideas or words, even when the person tries to change topic 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. 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 Slowing of thought, goal-directed but so slow, may never reach this, difficulty making decisions. slow, laboured speech, considerable answer delay Misinterpretation of a real stimulus, mixing of false and true perceptions The person believes their thoughts are able to be heard by other people around. Experience of a person when their chain of thought suddenly, and unexpectedly stops, even mid sentence. A perception without an object
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