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Nov 25, 2010 Rating thought disorder by: kathy You might want to ask your son exactly what he means by that...he was obviously making an attempt to talk to you about some issues he is having...sometimes the label is not as important as knowing what he is experiencing...then go from there...is he having violent thoughts? sexual thoughts? suicidal thoughts? He may need help, medication,counselling and/or tools to aid him in controlling whatever thoughts are emerging.

Feb 10, 2011 Rating DSM-IV a good source. What else can you tell us?. by: Anonymous The best place to start getting info is the DSM - IV manual. My general understanding is that is the inability of a person to control thoughts as they come to mind and in turn they become obsessed with the thought and cannot focus on what is happening at any given moment. The emerging thought makes it very difficult to move on. I work with a young male boy who has this as his diagnosis. I would be very interested in further information. Is it true that this is associated with later development of schizophrenia?

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