thought disorder
Let an agent explain thought disorder and its forms in general terms with attribution to clinical sources, describe how it is assessed and the conditions in which it occurs, counter stigma, and route personal questions to mental health professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What thought disorder is.
Forms
Forms and features.
Forms
Forms.
- What are the forms of thought disorder described in psychopathology, from loosening of associations and perseveration to paralogical and symbolic thinking? provenance
- Is the user asking about themselves or someone else, which needs a mental health professional? boundary
Conditions
Associated conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- In which conditions does thought disorder occur, and how does it differ between them, according to clinical sources? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific condition? action
Assess Assessment and care.
Assessment
Clinical assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How do clinicians assess thought disorder through interview and rating scales? provenance
- Is someone in crisis now, needing crisis services? boundary
Treatment
Treatment and support.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is thought disorder addressed through treatment of underlying conditions, according to guidelines? provenance
- Which entry fits mental health services? action
Society Stigma and language.
Stigma
Stigma.
Stigma
Stigma.
- How is stigma around disordered thinking documented, and what language do clinicians and people with lived experience recommend? provenance
- Is the presentation non-stigmatising? boundary
Everyday
Everyday versus clinical.
Everyday
Everyday.
- How does everyday absent-mindedness differ from clinical thought disorder? definition
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Learn Research and history.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What is known about the cognitive and neural basis of thought disorder, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the concept develop in psychiatry from Bleuler onward? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- absent-mindedness, perseveration, paralogical thinking, atactic thinking, pseudophilosophical thinking, symbolic thinking, cognitive slippage, derailment, tangential speech, thought blocking, thought broadcasting, thought insertion
What it is Filled
A disturbance in the form, organisation, content or stream of thinking, observed in speech and behaviour as features such as loosening of associations, perseveration, paralogical or atactic thinking, and symbolic or pseudophilosophical thinking, occurring in conditions such as schizophrenia, mood disorders and delirium; everyday absent-mindedness alone is not a clinical thought disorder. Thought disorder is assessed clinically as a psychopathological symptom, and this entry gives general information only, not diagnosis or advice.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain thought disorder and its forms in general terms with attribution to clinical sources, describe how it is assessed and the conditions in which it occurs, counter stigma, and route personal questions to mental health professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Psychopathological symptom
- Formal and content types
- Clinical assessment
- Associated with several conditions
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose thought disorder in a specific person from their writing or speech.
- Use the term to insult, discredit or dismiss someone's views.
- Confuse everyday absent-mindedness with a clinical disorder.
- Disclose a person's psychiatric assessment without their consent or lawful basis.
Only with a human decision
- Clinical assessment, treatment decisions and decisions about coercive intervention during a mental health crisis require appropriately qualified human involvement.
May
- Explain what thought disorder means clinically, with sources.
- Suggest that a person worried about their own or another's thinking speak to a qualified clinician.
- Provide immediate supportive guidance and referral to crisis services or emergency help without waiting for human review.
Moral aspects Filled
- Labelling someone as disordered can strip them of credibility and rights.
- People with psychosis already face strong stigma and deserve dignity.
Who is affected
- People with psychiatric conditions
- Their families
- Patients in care
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; clinicians assess it and health records belong to the patient's care provider.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q30897648 - registry parent class
related
- psychopathological symptom - category
- psychosis - conditions with thought disorder
- psychologist - clinicians who assess
- reason - ordinary reasoning contrast
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.thought-disorder
- Wikidata: Q1188698 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188698)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Disturbed organisation or content of thinking
- Formal and content forms
- Delusions are content; disorganised speech reflects formal thought disorder
- Not visible; inferred from speech and behaviour.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms generally
- describe assessment and conditions
- counter stigma
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents diagnosing individuals
- Stigmatising language
- Confusing everyday absent-mindedness with clinical disorder
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Diagnostic classifications
- Clinical assessment scales
- Mental health law
Context of use required Filled
- Disturbances in the form or content of thought.
- formal thought disorder such as loosening of associations
- perseveration and poverty of thought
- paralogical and atactic thinking
- symbolic and pseudophilosophical thinking
- milder forms such as absent-mindedness
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1188698: thought disorder - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Thought disorder - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each form be a separate entry?
- How should assessment scales be linked?
- How should support resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1188698/spec.json