thought disorder
Disorganized mental processes
A thought disorder is a disturbance in the organization or content of thinking, typically associated with schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions.
Signs include disorganized speech, loose associations between ideas, tangential responses, and difficulty maintaining a coherent line of reasoning.
The term is clinical: The psychiatrist noted a formal thought disorder in the patient's rambling, disconnected answers.
- clangingResonant metallic sounding
- word saladMeaningless verbal confusion
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- hallucinationsPerceptions without external cause
neologisms · perseveration · tangentiality · derailment · loosening · blocking · delusions · flight of ideas · paranoia · incoherence · circumstantiality · cognition · psychotherapy · genetic predisposition · racing · disorganized · perception · bizarre
thought disorderclear thinking
rational thought · linear thinking · mental clarity · systematic thinking · logical thinking
thought disordermental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
mental wellness · psychological health · sound mind · sanity