{"id":25618,"date":"2014-09-30T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T22:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/?page_id=25618"},"modified":"2018-01-19T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T23:04:43","slug":"thought-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/thought-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YoungerA thought disorder<\/strong> is a mental health condition<\/a> that affects a person’s beliefs, thoughts, or perceptions. Thought disorders alter the way a person puts together ordered sequences of ideas and can affect a person’s behavior by causing them to experience paranoia<\/a>, delusions<\/a>, hallucinations<\/a>, or other symptoms.<\/p>\n

What Is a Thought Disorder?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thought disorders are usually diagnosed when a person’s behavior or speaking indicates problematic, illogical, or incoherent patterns of thinking. Thinking normally involves three parts: thinking about something, stringing thoughts together on what you are thinking about, and, finally, the delivery or flow of a thought pattern. A thought disorder disrupts one or more aspects of the thought process.<\/p>\n

A thought disorder is distinct from speech disorders, which occur as a result of difficulty with speech patterns and production, rather than an underlying problem with thought processes. Schizophrenia<\/a> is a type of thought disorder, and delusions—false beliefs that a person persists in believing despite conflicting evidence—can also be caused by thought disorders.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of Thought Disorders<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When people are diagnosed with a thought disorder, they are often diagnosed with some other condition that causes or contributes to the disordered thinking. Common symptoms of thought disorders include:<\/p>\n