Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Associations between multiple dimensions of schizotypy and sociodemographic variables in a nonpsychiatric sample of young adults.

29 Sep 2009 In several prior studies, self-reported schizotypy has been documented to vary by gender, age, race/ethnicity, and measures of social engagement. In this study, undergraduate students participated in an online survey, and data from 825 students were ... Read more...

Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia revisited.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: 'Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia' was a diagnostic term coined in the 1940s by Hoch and Polatin. It described a subgroup of patients who presented with prominent anxiety symptoms, which masked a latent psychotic disorder. Pseudoneurotic ... Read more...

Ten-year stability and latent structure of the DSM-IV schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

30 Jul 2009 Evaluation of the validity of personality disorder (PD) diagnostic constructs is important for the impending revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Prior factor analytic studies have tested these constructs in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Associations between multiple dimensions of schizotypy and sociodemographic variables in a nonpsychiatric sample of young adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia revisited. 30 Aug 2009
• Ten-year stability and latent structure of the DSM-IV schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Anticipating DSM-V: should psychosis risk become a diagnostic class? 22 Jul 2009
• Who is at risk for a psychotic disorder? 22 Jul 2009
• [Predisposition to alcohol and drug consumption in schizophrenia-vulnerable people] 29 Jun 2009
• Cortisol levels in childhood and psychosis risk in late adolescence. 29 Jun 2009
• The role of leisure in the lives of psychotic patients: a qualitative study. 30 May 2009
• The psychosis continuum and categorical versus dimensional diagnostic approaches. 30 May 2009
• [Early detection and intervention in first episode psychosis] 26 May 2009
• [Patient with a history of immigration in inpatient psychiatric clinics--representative country-wide survey of the "Psychiatry and Immigration" Working Group of the Federal Directors Conference] 6 May 2009
• Widespread reductions of cortical thickness in schizophrenia and spectrum disorders and evidence of heritability. 29 Apr 2009
• Validity of the prodromal risk syndrome for first psychosis: findings from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study. 19 Apr 2009
• Mental imagery vividness as a trait marker across the schizophrenia spectrum. Apr 2009
• Validation of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief Form in adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Progressive gray matter reduction of the superior temporal gyrus during transition to psychosis. 30 Mar 2009
• Confirmation of a four-factor structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire among undergraduate students. 8 Mar 2009
• Intervention in the at-risk state to prevent transition to psychosis. 27 Feb 2009
• Recent diffusion tensor imaging findings in early stages of schizophrenia. 27 Feb 2009
• Language pathway abnormalities in schizophrenia: a review of fMRI and other imaging studies. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Schizotypal Personality Disorder'

Definition: A personality disorder in which there are oddities of thought (magical thinking, paranoid ideation, suspiciousness), perception (illusions, depersonalization), speech (digressive, vague, overelaborate), and behavior (inappropriate affect in social interactions, frequently social isolation) that are not severe enough to characterize schizophrenia.

Descriptor UI: D012569

Alternative terms: Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Personality Disorder, Schizotypal; Disorder, Schizotypal Personality; Disorders, Schizotypal Personality; Personality Disorders, Schizotypal; Schizotypal Personality Disorders; Schizophrenia, Borderline; Borderline Schizophrenia; Borderline Schizophrenias; Schizophrenias, Borderline; Schizophrenia, Pseudoneurotic; Pseudoneurotic Schizophrenia; Pseudoneurotic Schizophrenias; Schizophrenias, Pseudoneurotic; Pseudopsychopathic Schizophrenia; Pseudopsychopathic Schizophrenias; Schizophrenia, Pseudopsychopathic; Schizophrenias, Pseudopsychopathic; Incipient Schizophrenia; Incipient Schizophrenias; Schizophrenia, Incipient; Schizophrenias, Incipient; Schizophrenia, Latent; Latent Schizophrenia; Latent Schizophrenias; Schizophrenias, Latent;

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Tree Number: F03.675.725;

Online Note: use SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER to search SCHIZOPHRENIA, LATENT 1972-80 (as Prov 1972)

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