Relier Pairs Thought disordersVersion en ligne Matching game for thought disorders par Caroline Morton 1 Neologism 2 Tangentiality 3 Flight of ideas 4 Delusion 5 Circumstantiality 6 Hallucination 7 Illusion 8 Knight’s move thinking 9 Clanging 10 Perseveration 11 Thought broadcasting 12 Thought withdrawal 13 Word salad 14 Poverty of thought (alogia) 15 Thought blocking 16 Thought insertion 17 Derailment 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 The person believes their thoughts are able to be heard by other people around. Loosening of associations- unclear or confusing connections between larger units, such as sentences or clauses eg flight of ideas or circumstantiality 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. Experience of a person when their chain of thought suddenly, and unexpectedly stops, even mid sentence. 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 Misinterpretation of a real stimulus, mixing of false and true perceptions The delusion that one’s thoughts are being removed from one’s mind by other people or forces outside oneself. unshakeable belief in something untrue A perception without an object The person believes that thoughts that are not their own have been inserted into their mind. When the word choice is dictated and connected by sound (rhyming) rather than appropriate meaning Deviates from initial train of thought but never gets to it goal; it drifts from one point to the next 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.