Measuring racing thoughts in healthy individuals: The racing and crowded thoughts questionnaire (RCTQ)

Racing thoughts refer to an acceleration and overproduction of thoughts, which have been associated with manic and mixed episodes. Phenomenology distinguishes ‘crowded’ from ‘racing’ thoughts, associated with mixed depression and mania, respectively. Recent data suggest racing thoughts might also be present in healthy individuals with sub-affective traits and symptoms. We investigated this assumption, with a 34-item self-rating scale, the Racing a nd Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ), and evaluated its reliability, factor structure, and concurrent validity.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luisa Weiner, S ébastien Weibel, Wagner de Sousa Gurgel, Ineke Keizer, Marianne Gex-Fabry, Anne Giersch, Gilles Bertschy Source Type: research