{
  "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/disordered-formal-thought-process",
  "trait": {
    "bundleId": "2026.10.16-c6eea6bf",
    "release": "2026-09-01",
    "slug": "disordered-formal-thought-process",
    "id": "HP:0025769",
    "name": "Disordered formal thought process",
    "definition": "An abnormality in the dynamic mode, rate, or form of thought processes as recognized from the flow of ideas expressed in speech. Successive thoughts and speech are easily diverted by external stimuli or internal superficial associations. Unable to maintain a constant train of thought and loose themselves in side issues, losing the thread and are unable to recover it. Superficial connections appear to drive the subject matter.",
    "synonyms": [
      "Disordered formal thought processes",
      "Formal thought disorder"
    ],
    "systems": [
      {
        "slug": "abnormality-of-the-nervous-system",
        "name": "Abnormality of the nervous system",
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/abnormality-of-the-nervous-system"
      }
    ],
    "broader": [
      {
        "slug": "abnormal-cognitive-process",
        "name": "Abnormal cognitive process",
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/abnormal-cognitive-process"
      }
    ],
    "narrower": [
      {
        "slug": "diminished-ability-to-concentrate",
        "name": "Poor concentration",
        "genes": 23,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/diminished-ability-to-concentrate"
      },
      {
        "slug": "perseverative-thought",
        "name": "Perseverative thought",
        "genes": 20,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/perseverative-thought"
      },
      {
        "slug": "abnormally-slow-thought-process",
        "name": "Mental slowness",
        "genes": 7,
        "url": "https://dantelabs.com/traits/abnormally-slow-thought-process"
      }
    ],
    "genes": []
  }
}