Carlos Morra and Ernst Franzek: Psychopathological Symptoms

Inhibited thinking

 

Definition: Slowing down or cessation in the processing of ideas which is subjectively perceived as foreign and cannot be removed, however hard the patient tries (Petho  and  Ban 1989).

 

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

 

Reference:

 

Petho B, Ban TA. DCR Budapest-Nashville in the diagnosis and classification of functional psychoses. Psychopathology 1989; 21: 153-240

 

May 10, 2018