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flight of ideas

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flight of ideas (flīt of i-de´ahz) a nearly continuous flow of rapid speech that jumps from topic to topic, usually based on discernible associations, distractions, or plays on words, but sometimes disorganized and incoherent.
flight of ideas,
(in psychiatry) a continuous stream of talk in which the patient switches rapidly from one topic to another and each subject is incoherent and unrelated to the preceding one or is stimulated by some environmental circumstance. The condition is frequently a symptom of acute manic states and schizophrenia. Compare circumstantiality.

flight of ideas
Psychiatry A virtually continuous flow of accelerated speech in which a person abruptly changes from one to another topic, usually based on understandable associations; in extreme FOI, the speech is disorganized or incoherent. See Bipolar disorder.


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Examination revealed markedly elevated mood, pressured speech, flight of ideas, and grandiose delusions.
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