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January 3rd 2025

schizotypal personality disorder

schizotypal personality disorder

a personality disorder characterized by various oddities of thought, perception, speech, and behavior that are not severe enough to warrant a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Symptoms may include perceptual distortions, magical thinking, social isolation, vague speech without incoherence, and inadequate rapport with others due to aloofness or lack of feeling. It is included in both DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5.