SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Abstract

Schizotypal personality disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis in people with a group of mental disorders, chronic and severe, characterized by alterations in the perception or expression of reality. Not a single symptom can reasonably identify this disease. The indications of this disease might be found in additional psychological sicknesses as well. As a case in point, psychopathic indications may be reasoned as a cause of using illegitimate medicines as well, and it could also be found in patients of Alzheimer's disease. Symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder include positive symptoms for example hallucinations or delusions, disorganized speech. The negative symptoms are the flat affect or poverty of speech, and impairments in cognition including memory, attention, and executive functions. Today there is no remedy for schizophrenic disorder, but available treatments can help check the indications. With proper intervention people with schizophrenic disorder can live a dynamic and satisfying life. This helps the affected people to work, attend school, live with their families.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussion2

History3

Areas of the brain affected by Schizotypal PD4

Causal factors4

Associated symptoms5

Diagnosis7

Neural Basis of schizotypal personality disorder8

Treatment for schizotypal personality disorder8

Conclusion9

References10

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Introduction

Psychological disorders are mild mental status changes that affect the normal development of the individual in society. This concept encompasses a substantial number of pathologies, which manifest different symptoms depending on the individual (Castle, Wessely, Der and Murray 2009).

By their nature, we can say that it integrates elements of biological origin (genetic, neurological, environmental, relational, family, psychosocial) and psychological (cognitive, emotional). These factors influence the disease presentation, their evolutionary development, phenomenology, and treatment and rehabilitation opportunities (Castle, Wessely, Der and Murray 2009).

Although listed in the DSM-IV-TR on Axis II, schizotypal personality disorder is widely understood to be a "schizophrenia spectrum" disorder. Rates of schizotypal PD are much higher in relatives of individuals with schizophrenia than in the relatives of people with other mental illnesses or in people without mentally ill relatives (Castle, Wessely, Der and Murray 2009). Technically speaking, schizotypal PD is an "extended phenotype" that helps geneticists tracks the familial or genetic transmission of the genes that are implicated in schizophrenia (Castle, Wessely, Der and Murray 2009).

There are dozens of studies showing that individuals with schizotypal PD score similar to individuals with schizophrenia on a very wide range of neuropsychological tests (Castle, Wessely, Der and Murray 2009). Cognitive deficits in patients with schizotypal PD are very similar to, but somewhat milder than, those for patients with schizophrenia.

Discussion

Schizotypal personality disorder is possibly the most complicated, grave and devastating of all mental illnesses (Baumeister and Francis 2002). This can manifest itself in distinct modes and forms. People with schizotypal personality disorder may display, for demonstration, a broad blend of psychotic symptoms, disorganized demeanor, and shortfalls in motivation and emotional expression. People with schizotypal personality disorder may furthermore display a kind of cognitive disorders (Baumeister and Francis 2002). All these symptoms hinder with every day functioning of the communal and expert rights. Signs and symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder often emerge and go away in time ...