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English translation: flight of ideas


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19:29 Aug 31, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
French term or phrase: fuite des idées
A term that appears in a psychiatric examination listing the patient's symptoms/complaints
Heather Drake
Local time: 13:55
English translation:flight of ideas
Explanation:
DEF – A disturbance of thinking characterized by a rapid succession of disconnected, fragmentary ideas

1. flight of ideas
The encyclopedia of human behavior : psychology, psychiatry,and mental health / [by] Robert M. Goldenson. --

Goldenson, Robert M.

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1970.

Bibliography: v. 2, p. [1384]-1432.

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DEF: Symptôme de l'excitation psychique et de la manie lié à l'accélération des processus psychiques. Les idées se précipitent [...] avec une rapidité telle qu'elles ne peuvent être exprimées.

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http://bipolar.about.com/od/maniahypomani1/g/gl_flightofidea...

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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/flight of id...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-flight-of-ideas.htm
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Local time: 19:55
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flight of ideas


Explanation:
DEF – A disturbance of thinking characterized by a rapid succession of disconnected, fragmentary ideas

1. flight of ideas
The encyclopedia of human behavior : psychology, psychiatry,and mental health / [by] Robert M. Goldenson. --

Goldenson, Robert M.

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1970.

Bibliography: v. 2, p. [1384]-1432.

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Note added at 2 mins (2010-08-31 19:31:57 GMT)
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DEF: Symptôme de l'excitation psychique et de la manie lié à l'accélération des processus psychiques. Les idées se précipitent [...] avec une rapidité telle qu'elles ne peuvent être exprimées.

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Note added at 2 mins (2010-08-31 19:32:11 GMT)
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http://bipolar.about.com/od/maniahypomani1/g/gl_flightofidea...

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Note added at 3 mins (2010-08-31 19:32:44 GMT)
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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/flight of id...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-flight-of-ideas.htm

Callum Walker
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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