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	Schizotypal Personality: Eccentricity and Other Vices
		Owing to their peculiarities, schizotypals are invariably the butt of jokes, the targets of derision and mockery, and the focus of malicious gossip.
		If you ask her nearest and dearest to describe the schizotypal, they would say that she dresses oddly, behaves eccentrically, and appears to be weird.
		Schizotypals are more immune to criticism than narcissists or schizoids, but they do tend to avoid social settings, convinced that everyone is "out to get them".
	personalitydisorders.suite101.com /article.cfm/schizotypal_personality (494 words)

	BPhoenix: Information on Schizotypal Personality Disorder
		Biological relatives of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder.
		Speech and mannerisms are often odd, and individuals with schizotypal personality disorder may attach unusual meanings to words, and their speech may be vague or abstract.
		Schizotypal personality disorder is believed to be slight more common in males than in females and is estimated to affect about 3 percent of the general population.
	www.angelfire.com /home/bphoenix1/schizotypal.html (587 words)

	Psychology Today's Diagnosis Dictionary: Schizotypal Personality Disorder
		Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of deficiency in appearance, behavior, and thought patterns affecting interpersonal relationships, and behavior.
		The cause of schizotypal personality disorder is unknown, but there is an increased incidence in relatives of those with the condition.
		Schizotypal patients rarely initiate treatment for their disorder, tending to seek relief from depressive problems instead.
	www.psychologytoday.com /conditions/schizotypal.html (510 words)

	Exploring News & Features - Odd behavior and creativity may go hand-in-hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The results showed that the schizotypes were better able to creatively suggest new uses for the objects, while the schizophrenics and average subjects performed similarly to one another.
		The researchers believe that the results offer support for the idea that schizotypes and other psychoses-prone populations draw on the left and right sides of their brains differently than the average population, and that this bilateral use of the brain for a variety of tasks may be related to their enhanced creativity.
		His theory can also explain research which shows that a disproportional number of schizotypes and schizophrenics are neither right nor left hand dominant, but instead use both hands for a variety of tasks, suggesting that they recruit both sides of their brains for a variety of tasks more so than the average person.
	exploration.vanderbilt.edu /news/news_schizotypes.htm (966 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder - New Treatments, January 2, 2007
		Schizotypal personality disorder is the one personality disorder that we know to be genetically linked to schizophrenia.
		In an interview, schizotypal people will be withdrawn like schizoid individuals, but their speech is often quite peculiar.
		The schizotypals are not frankly psychotic in the way that schizophrenic individuals are.
	www.ccspublishing.com /journals3a/schizotypal_personality_disorder.htm (1147 words)

	Schizotypal personality disorder
		Schizotypal personality disorder can easily be confused with schizophrenia, which is characterized by intense psychosis, a severe mental state characterized by a loss of contact with reality.
		While schizotypal personalities may experience brief psychotic episodes with delusions or hallucinations, they are not as pronounced, frequent or intense as in schizophrenia.
		For schizotypal personalities this social cognition is impaired, leading to development of illogical beliefs, magical thinking and paranoid thoughts, such as a nagging suspicion that one is being harassed, persecuted or treated unfairly.
	edition.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00830.html (1356 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Schizotypal personality disorder
		The cause is unknown, but schizotypal personality disorder is believed to have a genetic component, since there is an increased incidence in relatives of schizophrenics.
		However, people with schizotypal personality disorder are chronically discomforted by their diminshed ability to form and maintain close relationships.
		Schizotypal personality disorder is usually a chronic illness.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001525.htm (477 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder
		Unlike people with anxiety disorders, who know they have a problem but are unable to control it, people with personality disorders generally are not aware that they have a problem and do not believe they have anything to control.
		Schizotypal personality disorder is one of a group of conditions called eccentric personality disorders.
		People with schizotypal personality disorder who also suffer from another disorder, such as anxiety or depression, might benefit from medication, such as an antidepressant or anti-anxiety drug.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/118/112881.htm (783 words)

	MANUAL FOR THE SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE (SPQ and SPQ-B)
		This same finding was shown for persistent schizotypals (defined as those high on the Venables measure of schizophrenism at age 17 years and the SPQ at age 23 years); such individuals showed reduced slow-wave EEG power (delta, theta, alpha 1)over the left (but not right) hemisphere during the beginning of the continuous performance task.
		Persistent schizotypals (defined as those high on the Venables measure of schizophrenism at age 17 years and the SPQ at age 23 years) showed significantly increased skin conductance arousal and increased skin conductance amplitudes to neutral and aversive stimuli at both ages 3 and 11 (Raine et al.
		Behavior problems Persistent schizotypals (defined as those high on the Venables measure of schizophrenism at age 17 years and the SPQ at age 23 years) show higher age 17 behavior ratings on conduct disorder, as well as on psychotic behavior and anxiety-withdrawal (Raine et al.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~raine/spqrel.html (4236 words)

	Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders: Overview and Schizotypal Personality Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The schizophrenic spectrum disorders consist of : schizotypal personality disorder (discussed in the previous chapter), delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder.
		Remember that schizotypal personality disorder was covered in a previous unit.
		Schizotypal personality disorder occurs more often in the families of schizophrenic patients than in other families.
	www.gpc.edu /~bbrown/abnormal/schizophrenia/spectrum1.htm (170 words)

	Schizotypal personality disorder
		People with schizotypal personality disorder may be severely disturbed, and their odd behavior may resemble that of people with schizophrenia.
		More commonly, however, people with schizotypal personality disorder simply behave oddly and have unusual beliefs (aliens, witchcraft, etc.) that they cling to so strongly that it isolates them from normal relationships.
		Schizotypal personality disorder is usually a chronic illness that can be treated but not cured.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/001525.htm (391 words)

	Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders -Outcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In my private practice, of a series of five schizoid and five schizotypal patients (only one of the latter was ever hospitalized), seven have been traced after intervals ranging from 14 to 26 years.
		The three traced schizotypal patients are all working full-time; one is married, and the others are in long-term sexual partnerships.
		With help of this sort, the schizotypal patient may be kept sufficiently “on the track” whether at work or in social settings, so as to fit in better with other people and be more readily accepted by them.
	www.health.am /psy/more/schizoid_disorders_outcome (513 words)

	Department of Psychiatry - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
		Although schizotypal personality disorder shares an extensive array of similarities with schizophrenia in terms of genetics, phenomenology, neurochemistry, structural anatomy, and functional anatomy, patients with schizotypal personality disorder are spared overt psychotic symptoms and have less severe cognitive disturbances than patients with schizophrenia.
		If this third hypothesis proves true, a better understanding of these differences would enable us to approach schizotypal personality disorder as an experiment of nature, and an opportunity to better understand the basis of psychosis and the cognitive impairments of schizophrenia can be afforded.
		Recent findings of neurobiological differences between schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia are beginning to suggest specific factors that may be protective against overt psychotic symptoms in the schizophrenia spectrum and that explain the more circumscribed cognitive impairments in schizotypal personality disorder...
	www.mssm.edu /psychiatry/mpdp/schizotypal/spd.shtml (426 words)

	COGNITIVE FEATURES OF SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY
		Although some features of the schizotypal and/or paranoid personality (APA, 1992) are occasionally considered to be predisposing factors, neither all schizophrenics have an altered pre-morbid personality, nor all those that present personality disorders within the schizophrenic spectrum go on to develop the illness.
		Raine, Sheard, Reynolds and Lencz (1992) found differences between schizotypal and normal subjects in the number of correct classifications validated with the differences obtained through magnetic resonance, thus confirming the close relationship between schizotypes and prefrontal cortex also in schizotypes.
		If schizotypal subjects make poor use of the information coming from internal feedback channels, i.e., if the motor traces that lead to the voluntary generation of the written word are not properly reactivated, the result will be a poorer performance when it comes to deciding whether the word has been generated or not.
	www.psychologyinspain.com /content/full/1999/16.htm (4867 words)

	Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders Treatment
		In actual practice, schizoid and schizotypal are better seen, when present, as central tendencies whose ultimate clinical coloration and response to therapy are both modified by the existence of various coexisting traits that would arbitrarily be assigned to different DSM categories.
		Schizoid and schizotypal patients are usually shy and ill at ease socially; nevertheless, some have a good sense of humor and can eventually “warm up” to someone (including a therapist) whom they grow to trust over time.
		Some persons with schizoid or schizotypal personalities lack the schizotypal item “excessive social anxiety.” This trait is not necessary for the diagnosis of schizotypal PD, because the latter requires only five of nine items.
	www.health.am /psy/more/schizoid_disorders_treatment (808 words)

	Bill Benefiel - Schizotypal Personality Disorder - the International Justice Project
		His mother was described as “over-protective,” “controlling” “whiney” and as someone who “reacts hysterically to any situation that does not meet her own personal needs.” Psychiatric social worker Judy Harrell Eaton was one of the mental health professionals who evaluated Benefiel at this time.
		She later testified that his extreme withdrawal and isolation were consistent with the prior evaluation that his personality was developing in a schizoid direction, and consistent with the diagnosis of “schizotypal personality disorder” that he received years later.
		Dr. Murphy explained that schizotypal personality disorder is “one of the most severe personality disorders” and falls on a continuum of psychotic disorders of which the most severe is schizophrenia.
	www.internationaljusticeproject.org /illnessbbenefiel.cfm (3209 words)

	Dual Diagnosis and the Schizotypal Personality Disorder
		The term schizotype was first used by Sandor Rado in 1953 as a combination of schizophrenic and genotype.
		Rado hypothesized that these schizotypal individuals had the same two constitutional defects that were found in schizophrenia, i.e., deficiency in integrating pleasurable experiences and a distorted awareness of the bodily self.
		Schizotypal personality disorder encompasses a combination of peculiar behavior, speech, thought, and perception.
	www.toad.net /~arcturus/dd/schtypal.htm (4550 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Advice, Books, Info and Help (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Many believe that schizotypal personality disorder represents mild schizophrenia.
		The disorder is characterized by odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and individuals with this disorder often seek isolation from others.
		Their speech is often over elaborate and difficult to follow.
	www.4degreez.com /disorder/schizotypal.html (140 words)

	ScienceDaily: Odd Behavior And Creativity May Go Hand-in-hand
		The results showedthat the schizotypes were better able to creatively suggest new usesfor the objects, while the schizophrenics and average subjectsperformed similarly to one another.
		The researchers believe that the resultsoffer support for the idea that schizotypes and other psychoses-pronepopulations draw on the left and right sides of their brainsdifferently than the average population, and that this bilateral use ofthe brain for a variety of tasks may be related to their enhancedcreativity.
		His theory can also explainresearch which shows that a disproportional number of schizotypes andschizophrenics are neither right nor left hand dominant, but insteaduse both hands for a variety of tasks, suggesting that they recruitboth sides of their brains for a variety of tasks more so than theaverage person.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/09/050907101907.htm (2057 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Schizotypal personality disorder, or simply schizotypal disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a need for social isolation, odd behaviour and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs such as being convinced of having extra sensory abilities.
		You can also explore similar symptoms that may result in wrong diagnosis of Schizotypal Personality Disorder in our Misdiagnosis center.
		Pergolide for Cognitive Symptoms in Schizotypal Personality Disorder - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 08 Jun 2006) - Pergolide
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /s/schizotypal_personality_disorder/intro.htm (663 words)

	Schizotypal personality disorder - MayoClinic.com
		Schizotypal personality disorder is a serious condition in which a person usually has few to no intimate relationships.
		People with schizotypal personality disorder often have trouble engaging with others and appear emotionally distant.
		As a result, people with schizotypal personality disorder often find themselves drifting from one activity to the next, failing to connect with people as they meander through life.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/schizotypal-personality-disorder/DS00830 (238 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder - New Treatments, January 2, 2007
		When psychosis is present in Schizotypal patients, it is of brief duration.
		Paranoid Personality Disorder: Patients with Paranoid personality disorder will not display the oddities of behavior, perception and communication of Schizotypal patients.
		Unlike Schizotypals, Paranoid patients can be very verbal.
	www.ccspublishing.com /journals2a/schizotypal.htm (281 words)

	FuturePundit: Brain Scans Show Why Schizotypal Personalities More Creative
		Brain scans showed that schizotypes use more of their right hemispheres for creative work than do normal or schizophrenic people.
		Suppose the schizotypes have some genetic component to how their brains work.
		Schizotypal disorder is a disorder characterized by eccentric behaviour and anomalies of thinking and affect which resemble those seen in schizophrenia, though no definite and characteristic schizophrenic anomalies have occurred at any stage.
	www.futurepundit.com /archives/002991.html (1962 words)

	PTypes - Schizotypal Personality Disorder Criteria
		Here is a hypothetical profile, in terms of the five-factor model of personality, for Schizotypal Personality Disorder (speculatively constructed from McCrae, 1994, pg.
		Chronic negative affects, including anxiety, fearfulness, tension, irritability, anger, dejection, hopelessness, guilt, shame; difficulty in inhibiting impulses: for example, to eat, drink, or spend money; irrational beliefs: for example, unrealistic expectations, perfectionistic demands on self, unwarranted pessimism; unfounded somatic concerns; helplessness and dependence on others for emotional support and decision making.
		Schizotypal character disorder is a type of "solution" to the problem of anxiety; that is, it is a strategy to alleviate anxiety.
	www.ptypes.com /schizotypalpd.html (947 words)

	Can OCD be mistaken for Schizotypal disorder?
		I tried to explain to the psychiatrist that I have done alot of research on schizotypal disorder, and she refuses to listen to me, she figures she is the doctor, and she knows what she is talking about, and i dont have any right to diagnos my self.
		A diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder is generally not very difficult to make and it would be unusual to confuse it with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, although it could be confused with schizophrenia.
		One common feature of schizotypal personalty disorder and OCD is that both patients may exhibit superstitious behavior.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/mentalhealth/messages/30153.html (478 words)

	Schizoid/Schizotypal PD
		It is separate from the schizotypal personality disorder (see right column), which is seen as more closely related to schizophrenic disorders.
		While social isolation, constricted or inappropriate affect, and unusual behavior are characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder, the most striking features are the oddities of cognition.
		To rephrase, from an early age, patients with schizotypal personality disorder have lasting interpersonal deficiencies that severely reduce their capacity for closeness with others.
	www.pdjamboree.healthyplace2.com /whats_new.html (1639 words)

	Schizotypal Personality Disorder: DSM Schizotypal Personality Disorder Symptoms
		Schizotypal Personality Disorder: DSM Schizotypal Personality Disorder Symptoms
		The formal diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
		The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
	counsellingresource.com /distress/schizophrenia/dsm/schizotypal.html (569 words)

	Amazon.com: Schizotypal Personality: Books: Adrian Raine,Todd Lencz,Sarnoff A. Mednick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Central themes are the exploration of categorical and dimensional approaches to the understanding of schizotypal disorder and its relationship to schizophrenia, by some of the world's leading researchers.
		In setting out to answer, from phenomenological, psychological and neurobiological perspectives, the fundamental question of what schizotypal disorder is and to develop coherent etiological models, this book will serve as an authoritative resource for clinicians and researchers interested in this major personality disorder.
		Many researches argue that research into schizotypal personality is important not only in furthering our understanding of this personality disorder, but also in providing key insights into our understanding of schizophrenia.
	www.amazon.com /Schizotypal-Personality-Adrian-Raine/dp/0521454220 (1108 words)

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