Disturbances in Thought Process and Contenyt

• Neologisms - coining of new words
• Schizophasia - word salad, mixing of words
• Clang associations - rhyming of words
• Echolalia - repeating the words of others
• Palilalia - repeating own words (fast and decreasing audibility)
• Verbigeration - repeating phrases
• Stilted language - use of flowery words
• Perseveration - adherence to a single topic
• Circumstantial Thinking 


  Gives out excessive, unnecessary details, but eventually gets to the point
• Circumstantial Thinking 


  "Beating around the bush"
• Tangential Thinking 


  Gives out excessive unnecessary details, and never gets to the point
• Flight of Ideas 


  Excessive amount of speech composed of unrelated ideas
• Looseness of Association 


  Disorganized thinking that jumps from one idea to another with little or no evident relation between the thoughts
• Mutism 


  Sudden cessation of thought