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Flight of Ideas

Formal Thought Disorders in Schizophrenia: 2

Formal Thought Disorders more commonly found outside of Schizophrenia

An invented word that conveys a special meaning to a patient

More likely in Mania

Links between thoughts are understandable but made difficult to follow due to the speed of thought

Perseveration

Neologism

The patient communicates with a seemingly random mixture of intact words and all meaning is lost

Repetition of words or phrases beyond relevance despite changing stimuli

Flight of Ideas

Examples

More likely in organic disease

Word Salad

Thought Block

Loosening of Associations

Examples

Background

  • Two types of thought disorder: content and form

Thought Disorder

Positive

Form

Content

Negative

References

  • http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk

  • Psychiatry by 10 Teachers (Dogra, Lunn and Cooper)

  • Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties 8th ed.

  • https://fms-teaching.ncl.ac.uk/psy/

  • Ordered thoughts on thought disorder (Rule; The Psychiatrist 29: 462-464)

  • http://www.mwap.co.uk/psych_thought_disorders.html
  • A formal thought disorder is a disorder of the form of thought

The Bottom Line

Formal Thought Disorders in Schizophrenia: 1

Recognising formal thought disorders is a key skill in Psychiatry

Derailment

  • Most commonly found in patients with schizophrenia, affective disorders or dementia

An unexpected change in a patient's train of thought, derailing onto a seemingly unrelated idea

Some formal thought disorders are more subtle than others

Part of the diagnosis of F20: Schizophrenia in ICD10

Thought Block

  • Recognisable through speech, writing or behaviour

A thought suddenly ends before it is complete

Found in other conditions

Patient often report the feeling that their mind has been emptied

Recognisable through speech, writing and behaviour

Formal Thought Disorders

for MB BS 3rd year

Henry Grantham

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