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13 Cards in this Set
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Thought process |
- how the client thinks |
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Thought content |
- what the client actually says |
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Circumstantial thinking |
- a client eventually answers a question but only after giving excessive unnecessary detail |
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Delusion |
- a fixed false belief not based in reality |
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Flight of ideas |
- excessive amount and rate of speech composed of fragmented or unrelated ideas |
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Ideas of reference |
- client's inaccurate interpretation that general events are personally directed to him or her, such as hearing a speech on the news and believing the message had personal meaning |
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Loose associations |
- disorganized thinking that jumps from one idea to another with little or no evident relation between the thoughts |
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Tangential thinking |
- wandering off the topic and never providing the information requested |
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Thought blocking |
- stopping abruptly in the middle of a sentence or train of thought; sometimes unable to continue the idea |
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Thought broadcasting |
- a delusional belief that others can hear or know what the client is thinking |
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Thought insertion |
- a delusional belief that others are putting ideas or thoughts into the client's head - that is, the ideas are not those of the client |
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Thought withdrawal |
- a delusional belief that others are taking the client's thoughts away and the client is powerless to stop it |
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Word salad |
- flow of unconnected words that convey no meaning to the listener |
