The document discusses thought disorders characterized by disorganized thinking and speech, highlighting various forms such as flight of ideas, loosening of associations, circumstantiality, neologism, and incoherence. Each type of disorder is linked to specific mental health conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and dementia. Examples illustrate these thought patterns, emphasizing the difficulty in coherent communication among affected individuals.

1. Form of thought disorders
By: Dima Lotfie

2. - Form of thoughts is the flow
of ideas..
- Cannot be observed directly,
therefore language is relied on
in form of speech, writing or
other symbolic creations.

3. Form of thought disorders:
• refers to disorganized thinking as evidenced
by disorganized speech.
• The term 'thought disorder' refers to the
disturbance in one's thought process, which
in turn is manifested in the way a person
puts forth his/her ideas.

4. Painting of artist Adolf Wölfli, representing form of thought disorders.

5. Thought disorders include:
• Flight of ideas
• Loosening of association
• Circumstantiality
• Neologism
• Incoherence (word salad)

6. ✦My father sent me here. He drove me in a car. The car is blue
in color.
Blue color looks good on me, that's why my mom used to buy
me a lot of blue shirts..
✦ My mother is very sweet, but she is always getting angry at
me. I never get angry because I love everyone, but not
everyone loves me.. only my dog loves me. Dogs are man's
best friend.. Friends can become enemies.

7. Flight of ideas
• fragmented ideas; frequent shifts in
conversation topics
• Most commonly seen in manic episodes,
bipolar disorder and manic phases of
schizophrenia.

8. ✦I went to the market. I should read that
book.
✦ When did you buy this dress? It's a lovely
evening.
✦ I should go for a walk. I feel like having a
chocolate.
✦ I need to study for the examination. That
movie has received very good reviews.

9. Loosening of association
• Loosening of association simply means that
the patient's thoughts are unrelated.
• Seen mostly in mania or schizophrenia.

10. • How did you bruise your arm?
• I woke up in the morning, I washed my face
and I applied some make up on..then I tried
to create some cute style with my hair and
then I opened the door and walked out to
the parking and opened the door of the car
and sat in the car and I started driving while
listening to some jazz music and then when I
got out of the car I entered the building and
hit my arm with the door.

11. circumstantiality
• Using of excessive details which distract
from the central theme of a conversation.
(unnecessary details and irrelevant remarks
cause a delay in getting to the point.)
• The disorder is often associated with
schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive
disorder.

12. • Why do people comb their hair?
• "Because it makes a light in life, my box is
broken help me blue elephant. Isn't banana
brave? I like electrons, hello please!"

13. Word Salad/Incoherence
• Speech that is unintelligible because, though
the individual words are real words, the
manner in which they are strung together
results in incoherent gibberish.
• a listener is unable to understand the
meaning or purpose of the phrase.
• It mostly appears in people with dementia
and schizophrenia.

14. Neologism
• New word formations
• Mostly seen in Depression ,Schizophrenia
and Mania.

15. Thank you! :)