The prominent characteristics of this form are disorganized behavior and speech ( see formal thought disorder ), including loosened associations and schizophasia ( " word salad " ), and flat or inappropriate affect.
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Although the term " thought disorder " can refer to either type, in common parlance it refers most often to a disorder of thought " form " also known as formal thought disorder.
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I'd think it would be a symptom of schizophrenia and / or thought disorder, but I haven't seen it actually listed as such .-- talk ) 09 : 12, 14 February 2009 ( UTC)
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According to Blatt, disruption in the representational boundary between self and other is a predominant feature of schizophrenia and is expressed in cognitive, perceptual, and interpersonal disturbances including thought disorder, affective flattening, and interpersonal withdrawal.
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Against haloperidol, though there was no significant difference in efficacy at the end of the study, clocapramine tended to be superior in alleviating motor retardation, alogia, and thought disorder, and also produced fewer side effects.
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Relative has been diagnosed with a thought disorder, doctors vary on schizophrenia or bipolar but are not sure of precise diagnosis, this has been going on for almost two years with multiple " events-psychotic breaks ".
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The diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is given with the presence of bizarre delusions or hallucinations that defy the natural laws of basic logical thought processes, or thought disorders and withdrawal due to these thoughts and delusions.
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The feelings of deep abandonment and deep anxiety, coupled with the factors of thought disorder and hallucinations, rapidly put a person into a constant state of doubt and uncertainty in which they may lose their self-confidence, self-esteem, and finally their identity.
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On the other hand, patients with a clouded consciousness, referred to as " organic " patients, usually do demonstrate awareness and concern, and complain about being " confused " or " unable to think straight "; Clayton and Winokur suggest that this is because their thought disorder results, instead, from various cognitive deficits.
