Loose association: this is when
the persons expressed ideas do not appear to be connected or related or have a
peculiar relationship. The person jumps
from subject to subject.
Flight of ideas is when the
person jumps rapidly from one idea to another not coming to a point. The ideas do not seem to be related but there
is a connection sometimes only by certain words.
Circumstantial thought is a type
of thinking that has connection but the person is sidetracked by irrelevant
details. There are little goals to their
sentences but they do eventually get to the point in a roundabout way.
Tangential thought is circumstantial
thoughts where the person never reaches the point of their thoughts. They are
sidetracked by details or thoughts that have no relationship and never get back
on track.
Thought blocking. The flow of
thought and speech stops suddenly many times often in midsentence. The person may pause or lose the thought completely. Usually the person has no explanation as to
why they lose track of their train of thought.
Perseveration the person gets stuck
on a word a phrase or an idea. They may
give the same response to different questions.
Word salad in this type of
thinking there is a complete series of unconnected mixture of words and
sentences that have no meaning or logic.
Clanging is where the connecting thoughts
are rhyme.
Neologisms are the creating of
new words.
Retardation is a slow speech and
thoughts.
Concrete thinking is when the person
can not understand abstract, symbolic meanings.
Vague thoughts are overly
abstract thoughts and speech conveying little information.
Where these types of thinking is
symptomatic of a mental disorder there can be medical reasons for someone to
exhibit the various forms of thinking.
Professionals use these guidelines in diagnosing the different mental
disorders. Different disorders can be characterized
by the different thought patterns.
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