Psychotic Thought Content
August 24th, 2017
Disorganised Thinking
Significance
- Thought insertion, thought broadcasting and thought withdrawal are delusion-like features and are positive features of psychosis.
Types of Disorganised Thinking
- Thought insertion: the feeling that the patient's thoughts are being placed into their mind by some external power
- Thought withdrawal: the feeling that the patient's mind is blank due to the removal of their thoughts by some external power
- Thought broadcasting: the feeling that the patient's thoughts are audible to those around them
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