Back اضطراب الشخصية شبه الفصامي Arabic Şizoid şəxsiyyət pozuntusu Azerbaijani شیزوئید شخصیت پوزوقلوغو AZB Шизоидно разстройство на личността Bulgarian Trastorn esquizoide de la personalitat Catalan Skizoid personlighedsforstyrrelse Danish Schizoide Persönlichkeitsstörung German Σχιζοειδής διαταραχή προσωπικότητας Greek Schizoid personality disorder English Skizoida personeca perturbo Esperanto
| Schizoid personality disorder | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | F60.1 |
| ICD-9 | 301.20 |
| MedlinePlus | 000920 |
| MeSH | D012557 |
Schizoid personality disorder is a Cluster A personality disorder which is not being interested in social relationships, often being alone. They are also secretive and don't show many emotions. It is often shortened to SzPD or SPD.
This condition is not schizophrenia. People with SzPD will typically share some of the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, schizoids do not have the positive symptoms of schizophrenia such as hallucinations. A negative symptom is one that is taken away from a person. A positive symptom is one that is added to a person.
People who have SzPD do not want interpersonal relationships which require emotion and commitment. People with SzPD are introverts who feel the need to be independent or alone. Many schizoids are asexual or have little interest in sexual encounters. Any relationships they may have probably does not involve emotional attachment. SzPD is more common in men than women.[1] Some of the negative symptoms of the disorder (such as low energy) may be treated with some antipsychotic drugs.
Theodore Millon said that there are four types of schizoid: languid, remote, depersonalized, and affectless.[2]
Salman Ahktar said that there were two types of schizoid: overt, and covert.[3] Overt means visible, covert means secret or invisible. Covert or secret schizoids are active in social conversation and the outside world. However they do not tend to get emotionally attached to people. Acting differently in public is known as masking.
- ↑ Coid, Jeremy; Yang, Min; Tyrer, Peter; Roberts, Amanda; Ullrich, Simone 2006. Prevalence and correlates of personality disorder in Great Britain. The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science. 188 (5): 423–31. doi:10.1192/bjp.188.5.423. ISSN 0007-1250. PMID 16648528
- ↑ "Millon Theory - Retiring/Schizoid Personality". www.millonpersonality.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ Akhtar, Salman (2000-01-01). Broken Structures: Severe Personality Disorders and Their Treatment. Jason Aronson, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-4616-2768-5.