Schizotypal Personality Disorder
People with schizotypal personality disorder are loners who prefer to keep their distance from others and are uncomfortable being in relationships. They sometimes exhibit odd speech or behavior, and they have a limited or flat range of emotions. This pattern begins early in adulthood and continues throughout life.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW197
Diagnosis: Schizotypal Personality Disorder
US Patients: 3% of general population
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: Higher %s if relatives have schizophrenia
Age Onset:
Brain Area:
Symptoms: social anxieties; thought disorders, paranoia, feeling detached from self or others, psychosis (reality-unreality) unusual beliefs
Progression: fear realationships with others; some go on to full schizophrenia, social withdrawal
Causes: childhood neglect or abuse, family dysfunction, inappropriate interpretations of social cues,
Medications: traditional neuroleptics, lamotrigine, an anti-convulsant helps with social isolation
Therapies:
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Amazon or Library Book: Schizotypal Personality Disorder Journal
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Support Group: sczaction.org; 800-493-2094
(Schizophrenia Action Alliance)
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Section 12.08.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- The MATRICS consensus cognitive battery for the assessment of cognitive impairment in schizotypal personality disorderby Katelyn N Challman on April 12, 2024
Cognitive deficits are a core impairment across the range of schizophrenia (SZ) spectrum disorders, including schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) was developed to be a robust, specific, and valid cognitive assessment battery to assess cognition in clinical trials for treating cognitive impairments in SZ. Despite the similarity of cognitive impairments shown in SPD and SZ and the clear relevance of uniform assessment across a diagnostic spectrum,...
- Childhood maltreatment and personality disorders in adolescents and adults with psychotic or non-psychotic disordersby WenZheng Wang on April 5, 2024
INTRODUCTION: While the attention to personality disorders (PD) and childhood maltreatment (CM) has grown in recent years, there remains limited understanding of the prevalence and distinctions of PD and CM in clinical populations of Chinese adolescents in comparison to adults.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Early Psychosis: a narrative review from a neurodevelopmental perspectiveby Silvia Guerrera on April 4, 2024
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), characterized by socio-communicative abnormalities and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped behaviors, is part of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs), a diagnostic category distinctly in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, (DSM-5), clearly separated from Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD) (schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizotypal personality disorder). Over the last...
- Pattern glare sensitivity distinguishes subclinical autism and schizotypyby Wendy A Torrens on March 29, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: High schizotypy performed the PGT in a manner consistent with behavioural hyperexcitability. The PGT distinguished subclinical autistic traits from schizotypy, suggesting potential clinical application.