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