O Thought — content

Work this domain

1. Observe

   Record only what is directly observable in this domain — the facts, before any meaning is attached.

2. Elicit

   Ask open, non-leading questions to bring out the experience in the patient's own words.

3. Clarify

   Follow up to pin down the exact quality of the experience (ownership, agency, source, conviction, control, context).

4. Classify

   Name the phenomenon precisely using descriptive-psychopathology vocabulary — not a diagnosis. Open the Atlas ›

5. Differentiate

   Distinguish it from the phenomena it is most often confused with; find the single discriminating fact. Find comparisons ›

6. Document

   Write the finding so that observation, patient report and clinician inference stay clearly separated.