Thought Disorders
This is a fixed, false belief that is not based in reality.
What is a delusion?
When speech is meaningless and words are jumbled without logical connection.
What is word salad?
Hearing voices or sounds that are not actually present.
What is an auditory hallucination?
The inability to experience pleasure or interest in normally enjoyable activities.
What is anhedonia?
A feeling that one’s environment is unreal or distorted.
What is derealization?
A false belief that others are out to harm or persecute you.
What is paranoia?
The repetition of another person’s words or phrases.
What is echolalia?
Seeing things that aren’t there.
What is a visual hallucination?
A rapid shift of ideas or topics during conversation.
What is flight of ideas?
A distorted perception of one’s own identity or body.
What is depersonalization?
The false belief that unrelated events or messages have special meaning directed at oneself.
What are ideas of reference?
When words are chosen for their rhyming sounds rather than meaning.
What is a clang association?
Tasting something unusual without a source.
What is a gustatory hallucination?
A false belief of being loved by someone, often of higher status.
What is erotomania?
False belief that a famous or important person is in love with you.
What is erotomania?
The false belief that one’s body is diseased or abnormal.
What is a somatic delusion?
The creation of new, meaningless words by a patient.
What is a neologism?
Hallucinations that give direct orders to the person.
What is a command hallucination?
Distortion of thinking patterns that reinforce negative or unrealistic beliefs.
What is cognitive distortion?
Thinking patterns that misinterpret or magnify reality, often reinforcing mental illness.
What is cognitive distortion?
The false belief of having exceptional power, wealth, or importance.
What is a delusion of grandeur?
This pattern of speech shows sudden topic changes with little logical connection, common in mania.
What is flight of ideas?
False sensory perceptions without external stimuli.
What are hallucinations?
The sense of detachment from one’s emotions or surroundings.
What is depersonalization?
An experience where external reality feels unreal, often with anxiety or trauma.
What is derealization?