General Ideas
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?
A pervasive pattern of detachment of social relationships and a limited expression of emotions.
What is a schizoid?
A personality type in which you may not fit in or be very social, but you can be very creative.
Why is it important to know a patient's social history?
It is helps us understand how it affects everyday life.
Is schizoid personality disorder likely to remit?
No, in most cases it requires treatment.
What is etiology?
The cause for a set of causes.
What are some adjectives that are often used to describe people with this disorder?
Aloof, emotionally blunt, isolated, disengaged, and/or distant.
How do individuals with schizoid personality disorder tend to act?
They tend to act distant, maintaining few family ties and rarely show strong emotions such as anger or joy.
What is "Character Armor"?
A term that describes the different defense mechanisms used by personality types.
What therapy is INEFFECTIVE unless patients possess comorbid psychiatric illness?
Pharmacotherapy
Why is etiology especially complex in personality disorders?
It is multifunctional and differs strongly case to case.
How does diagnosing and evaluating a personality disorder work?
It is based on many observations over a long period of time.
Why do people with this disorder struggle to socialize?
They use introversion as a defense mechanism.
What are 3 things that may be examined during a psychiatric evaluation?
Appearance, behavior, speech, affect, thought content, thought process, cognition, insight and judgement.
Many times, why do people inquire for treatment?
Due to external sources such as family and other things.
People with a cluster of personality disorders are more related to what?
Individuals with schizophrenia as opposed to those with schizoid personality disorder.
What term can clinicians use when there is a strong suspicion a patient has schizoid personality disorder?
Interpersonal Measure of Schizoid Personality Disorder.
What does pathology do to the brain?
It can damage neurons which affect social activity.
What is the prevalence percentage for schizoid personality disorder in epidemiological studies?
0.0% to 4.9%
How do clinicians formally diagnose schizoid personality disorder?
They look at personal history, mental status examination, and collateral information.
What are personality disorder changes often associated with?
Medical conditions can effect the brain and lead to change.
The term "schizoid" was originally coined by who and why?
The term was originally coined by Bleuler and it was used to describe the early seclusiveness and isolation observed in schizophrenia.
What traits does harm avoidance involve and how does it tie into schizoid personality disorder?
It has traits of fear of uncertainty, social inhibition, shyness, and other symptoms which are shared traits with schizoid personality disorder.
What is the difference between schizoid Personality disorder and schizophrenia?
Schizoid personality disorder is a antisocial disorder found in these with the schizoid personality type while schizophrenia is a result of of symptoms that affect emotions, thoughts, and behavior.
Using academic terms, how do people manage their disorder?
By stabilizing socioeconomic conditions and reducing interpersonal conflict.
Personality is a complex interplay of what?
Biological, psychological, social, and development factors.