Perseveration

Perseveration (from Latin perseverare , "to stop") describes the pathological persistence, retention or after-effects of psychological impressions (e.g. thoughts or ideas) that have once appeared. This also includes the persistent repetition of movements, words or numbers in an inappropriate context. An example of linguistic perseveration is the slip of the tongue: “The month has twelve months.” A similar psychopathological phenomenon is restricted thinking .

In psychopathology , perseveration is a typical symptom of formal thought disorders in the context of mental disorders . It is often accompanied by other psychopathological symptoms and occurs primarily in Alzheimer's disease , autism , schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder ; in neurology mainly in frontal brain syndrome and epilepsy . Perseverative behavior is also common in ADHD : In this context, however, the term hyperfocus is often used, which, in the opinion of some experts, is rather misleading and factually not entirely appropriate.

Perseverations of courses of action and individual movements as a result of damage to the central nervous system can also be observed. Here they can often be observed in combination with apraxies of all kinds.

literature

Hans-Jürgen Möller , Gerd Laux , Arno Deister : Psychiatry and psychotherapy . 4th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-128544-7 .

Web links

Wiktionary: perseverieren - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Christian Müller (ed.): Lexicon of Psychiatry: Collected treatises of the most common psychopathological terms . Springer-Verlag, 1973. ISBN 978-3-642-96154-0 . P. 373f.
↑ Obsessive- Compulsive Disorders Uni Graz, Clinical Psychology
↑ Russell A. Barkley (2017): The Great Handbook for Adults with ADHD . 2 (un.) Edition. Hogrefe, ISBN 978-3-456-85754-1 , Single Track Thinking (Chapter 7).

[Müller2013-1] Christian Müller (ed.): Lexicon of Psychiatry: Collected treatises of the most common psychopathological terms . Springer-Verlag, 1973. ISBN 978-3-642-96154-0 . P. 373f.

[2] Obsessive- Compulsive Disorders Uni Graz, Clinical Psychology

[3] Russell A. Barkley (2017): The Great Handbook for Adults with ADHD . 2 (un.) Edition. Hogrefe, ISBN 978-3-456-85754-1 , Single Track Thinking (Chapter 7).