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Ch7 Assoc Define

Chapter 7 Word Association Definitions

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thought disorganization when clients have difficulty articulating a response or stop in mid sentence as if they were stuck blocking
a fabrication of experiences or situation, explained in detailed and plausible ways to cover up gaps in memory. Often used as a defense mechanism by persons with head injuries, dementia, lead poisoning or alcoholism confabulation
word or term used with a new meaning known only to the client, who is often delusional, psychotic or delirious neologism
a speech pattern in which a client has difficulty separating relevant from irrelevant information while describing an even the client uses so much detail that the original thought becomes lost may be a sign of chronic brain syndrome circumstantiality
a disturbance in thinking in which the association of ideas and thought patterns becomes so vague, diffuse, and unfocused as to lack any logical sequence or relationship to any preceding topics or conversation loosening (loose association)
a continuous talking in which the client switches rapidly from one topic to another with each topic being incoherent of unrelated to the previous one or stimulated by some environmental stimuli. A frequent symptom of manic states and schizophrenia flight of ideas
a jumble of words and phrases that lacks logical coherence and meaning. Occurs when client are disoriented or have schizophrenia word salad
the involuntary and pathologic persistent repetition of words ideas and phrases regardless of the stimulus or its duration. Consistent with clients who have brain damage or organic mental disorders although it may appear in schizophrenia perseveration
the automatic and meaningless repetition of another's words or phrases, seen in clients with schizophrenia echolalia
the mental connection between dissociated ideas made because of similarity in the sounds of the words used to describe ideas. Occurs frequently in the manic phases of bipolar disorder clanging
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