Clinical Symptoms
This symptom causes a person to think that normal, everyday events or strangers' looks have a special, hidden message just for them.
What are Ideas of Reference?
Unlike people with schizophrenia, people with STPD can usually be talked out of their strange beliefs if you show them these.
What are facts (or logic)
Your risk of getting STPD is higher if you have a close family member (like a parent or sibling) who has this mental illness.
What is schizophrenia
Instead of asking for help with their odd behaviors, people with STPD usually go to a doctor to get help for feeling very sad, also known as this.
What is depression
"Tim thinks the TV news anchor wore a blue tie today just to send him a secret warning." This is an example of what symptom?
What is idea of reference
This is a belief that your thoughts or small actions can magically cause things to happen (like wearing a lucky sock to stop a car accident).
What is Magical Thinking
While schizophrenia can cause people to lose total contact with reality, STPD is classified as this milder, long-term type of condition.
What is a personality disorder
Personality disorders like STPD usually start to show up clearly during this stage of life, right after a person finishes high school.
What is early adulthood
This popular talk therapy, known as CBT, helps patients test their strange thoughts against reality to see if they make sense.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
"Amy believes that if she thinks angry thoughts about her boss, it will instantly cause her boss to trip and fall." This is an example of what concept?
What is magical thinking
People with STPD often have severe social anxiety because they feel this way about others, always worrying that people are out to get them.
What is paranoia (or paranoid fears)
A person with schizophrenia has "fixed" delusions that never change, but a person with STPD just has unusual thoughts that are not this.
What is fixed
Besides genetics, going through severe stress or abuse during this time of life is a major risk factor for developing STPD.
What is childhood
Because people with STPD struggle to make friends, doctors often put them in classes to learn these behaviors, like how to make eye contact.
What are social skills
"Even though his coworkers are always nice to him, Mike suspects they are secretly plotting to get him fired." Mike is experiencing this.
What is paranoia (or suspicion)
When having a conversation, a person with STPD might show a "flat" affect, which means they show very little of this.
What is emotion (or facial expression)
STPD is considered part of the schizophrenia "spectrum" because the two conditions share a genetic link and are related to this organ.
What is the brain
Scientists look at chemical changes and structural differences in this specific body organ to find the physical causes of STPD.
What is the brain
Even though there is no specific medication made just for STPD, doctors may prescribe pills normally used for this mood issue to help them cope.
What is anxiety (or depression)
When told that his favorite pet ran away, Kevin responds in a completely flat voice without changing his facial expression. This shows a flat what?
What is affect (or emotion)
This term describes how someone with STPD might talkâoften using odd phrases, wandering off-topic, or speaking in a vague way.
What is eccentric (or odd) speech
If a person with STPD does experience a full psychotic episode with hallucinations, it is usually very brief and not as severe as this disorder.
What is schizophrenia
People with STPD rarely seek help for the disorder itself because their unusual behaviors feel entirely like this to them.
What is normal (or natural)
Before any therapy can work, a doctor must build this with the patient, which is hard because the patient is naturally distrustful.
What is trust
A person with STPD tells a doctor they don't need a phone because they can communicate with people using this special mind-reading ability.
what is telepathy