Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Psychology
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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...

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...

Unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy: Evidence for a common domain.

19 Jun 2009 This paper reviews studies that have examined associations between unusual sleep experiences (including nightmares, vivid dreaming, narcolepsy symptoms, and complex nighttime behaviors) and dissociation and schizotypy. Using correlational studies ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Psychology'

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• Associations between multiple dimensions of schizotypy and sociodemographic variables in a nonpsychiatric sample of young adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Ten-year stability and latent structure of the DSM-IV schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy: Evidence for a common domain. 19 Jun 2009
• The role of leisure in the lives of psychotic patients: a qualitative study. 30 May 2009
• [Early detection and intervention in first episode psychosis] 26 May 2009
• Performance on the Modified Card Sorting Test and its relation to psychopathology in adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. 10 May 2009
• Associations between past alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine use and current schizotypy among first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia and non-psychiatric controls. 23 Apr 2009
• Schizotypal personality traits and atypical lateralization in motor and language functions. 22 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
• Confirmation of a four-factor structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire among undergraduate students. 8 Mar 2009
• Emotion dysregulation and schizotypy. 2 Mar 2009
• Intervention in the at-risk state to prevent transition to psychosis. 27 Feb 2009
• A risk PRODH haplotype affects sensorimotor gating, memory, schizotypy, and anxiety in healthy male subjects. 18 Feb 2009
• Quality of life across the schizotypy spectrum: findings from a large nonclinical adult sample. 14 Jan 2009
• Latent inhibition, learned irrelevance, and schizotypy: assessing their relationship. 30 Dec 2008
• Hand-preference and population schizotypy: a meta-analysis. 21 Dec 2008
• The relationship between interview-based schizotypal personality dimension scores and the continuous performance test. 17 Dec 2008
• Correlations between cognitive performances and psychotic or schizotypal dimensions. 11 Dec 2008

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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;

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