During your assessment of a patient, you observe on several occasions the abnormal thought process of blocking, which is
a. changing subjects within a sentence.
b. making up answers unrelated to the facts.
c. repeating words or phrases that another person has spoken.
d. pausing in the middle of a sentence, then continuing on an unrelated topic.
D
Thought processes should be logical, coherent, and goal oriented, based upon reality. Unrealistic, illogical thought processes and interruptions of the thinking process are abnormal. Blocking is demonstrated when an extended pause occurs during a sentence resulting from a repressed or painful subject matter. Sometimes, the thoughts following are unrelated to what the patient was saying. Abnormal thought processes are often caused by schizophrenia. Flight of ideas is demonstrated when a patient changes from subject to subject within a sentence. Making up answers unrelated to facts is confabulation. Echolalia is the involuntary repetition of a word or sentence that was uttered by another person.
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