Carlos Morra and Ernst Franzek:
Psychopathological (Neurological) Symptoms

Drivelling thinking

 

Definition: Disordered intermixture of the constituent parts of one complex thought (Fish 1962).

 

Exploration: The presence of drivelling thinking can be established by interviewing the patient.

 

Reference:

 

Fish FJ. Schizophrenia. Baltimore: The Williams and Wilkins Company; 1962, pp. 21-2.

 

June 6, 2019