Listing of Mental Illness With Behaviors Loosely Classified as Odd Psychological Disorder Estimated Incidence
Schizoid Personality Disorder 4.
At the same time, the differential diagnosis also ruled out: schizoaffective disorder, because the patient did not show any hyperthymic symptom (negative or positive); bipolar affective disorder, with acute psychotic disorders and schizophrenia signs (given that the patient had a long history of the disease); organic delusional disorder (given the dramatic decrease of global functionality and the absence of any organic substrate), Cluster A personality disorders (it is worth noting that before being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, the patient was diagnosed with
schizoid personality disorder--premorbid personality).
The typically limited interpersonal contact apparent in the
schizoid personality (Millon & Grossman 2007: 52) is repeatedly, yet somewhat conflictingly, presented in Holmes' habits of relating to strangers and of entertaining socially.
1998,
Schizoid personality disorder in childhood: The links with Asperger syndrome, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and elective mutism, in Schopler, E.
DSM-IV featured, among others Dysthymic Disorder [defined by the online Mental Health Encyclopedia as "a mood disorder with chronic (long-term) depressive symptoms that are present most of the day, more days than not, for a period of at least two years"], Oppositional Defiant Disorder ("an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior"), and
Schizoid Personality Disorder ("a condition characterized by excessive detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings").
The persistence of nicotine dependence was even more striking among people with personality disorders, with the odds among those with antisocial, borderline, obsessive/compulsive, and
schizoid personality disorders elevated by 3.
For us to entertain Charles as the Antichrist, we pretty much need to expect a
schizoid personality change in the man.
Certainly Ludwig--as recent research suggests--may have suffered from a
schizoid personality, but Waugh's picture of a dysfunctional and feuding family is not always supported by the evidence.
For example, most schizotypal, borderline, histrionic, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder patients had been treated with both anxiolytics and anti-depressants, and most paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic, avoidant, and dependent personality disorder patients mainly with anxiolytics, while most
schizoid personality disorder patients took no medication.
DSM-IV PERSONALITY DISORDERS Cluster A Paranoid personality disorder Odd and eccentric)
Schizoid personality disorder Cluster B Histrionic personality disorder (Flamboyant) Narcissistic personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder Borderline personality disorder Cluster C Avoidant personality disorder (Anxious avoidant) Dependant personality disorder Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder TABLE 2A.
The hypothesis that the working models of persons with
schizoid personality features would be highly related to the dismissing attachment dimension was supported by the current data.
Without knowing about his essays, we could suspect some phobia,
schizoid personality disorder, or even just shyness.
