Thinking characterized by loosened associations, neologisms, and illogical constructs. Includes disturbances in the form, structure, and content of thought.
an illogical structure of thought and is present when the person makes incomprehensible statements that are difficult to follow due to rapidity, pressure or use of unusual sentences or word structure
In psychiatry, thought disorder or formal thought disorder is a term used to describe a pattern of disordered language use that is presumed to reflect disordered thinking. It is usually considered a symptom of psychotic mental illness although occasionally appears in other conditions. It is also known as knight's move thinking referring to the nonlinear way a knight moves in chess.
Thoughts may be jumbled and speech is difficult to follow. They may jump from one subject to another with no logical connection. They may believe that someone is interfering with their mind / thoughts. FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH INFORMATION CLICK HERE