rns to the original point.
Incoherent thought processes are not linear with a coherent theme and are difficult to follow. With incoherent thought there are loose associations and one thought has no meaningful or logical connection to the other. With this type of thinking, the listener typically has no idea what the patient has said and is unable to understand the thought process. Patients with incoherent thought processes differ from those with tangential thought processes or circumstantial thought processes, since thoughts are not connected and there is no return to the original point made. For example, the patient will begin with one statement, then make another unrelated statement, and then make another unrelated statement, and the processes continues, with the listdner never underrtanding what is being said or what point the patient is trying to make.
14. Discuss how you would go about making a differential diagnosis of: ODD vs Conduct Disorder?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). For oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), there is a recurrent pattern of negative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures for at least six months. Behaviors include loss of temper, refusing to comply with requests of rules, blaming others, touchiness and irritability, and being spiteful or vindictive. For ODD there is a stubbornness against authority and the behaviors tend to be found at home and with adults or peers that are well-known.
To make a diagnosis of ODD, the following criteria must be met: a pattern of behavior for at least six months with four or more of the following (temper loss, argues with adults, defies or refuses to comply with adult requests or rules, annoys people deliberately, blames others form misbehavers, touchy or annoyed by others, angry and resentful, spiteful or vindictive); the disturbance must result in significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioni...