This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Schizophreniform Disorder, Subject name: Psychiatry
Loosening of association is associated - 
Select and explain. 
A. Delirium, B. Amnesia, C. Dementia, D. Schizophrenia
D: Schizophrenia
Answer: D: Schizophrenia 
Explanation: Ans. is 'd' i.e. Schizophrenia o Loosening of association is a formal thought disorder which Involves shifting of ideas from one subject to another in an oblique or unrelated manner, Example "I an tired; all people have toes". Loosening of association is seen in schizophrenia.Thought disordersFormal thought disorders (Disorders of thought process)Disorders of thought contento Racing thoughts:- Anxiety, Schizophreniao Retarded thoughts:- Depressiono Circumstantiality:- Mania, Schizophreniao Perseveration:- Organic brain disease, Schizophrenia (occasionally)o Loosening of association:- Schizophreniao Flight of ideas:- Maniao Clunging & punning:- Mania & schizophreniao Neologism, word salad, Echolalia:- Schizophreniao Delusion Psychosis (Schizophrenia, mania, depression & otherso Obsessiono Preoccupationso Phobiaso Depersonalization & Derealizationo In schizophrenia and mood disorders (depression, mania) all parts of the thought (thought process as well as content) are involved.o However, schizophrenia is conventionally referred as formal thought disorder.