Definition of Schizotypal personality

1. Noun. Characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia.

Exact synonyms: Schizoid
Generic synonyms: Personality Disorder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schizotypal Personality

schizophyte
schizophytes
schizopod
schizopoda
schizopods
schizopyrenida
schizos
schizosaccharomyces
schizothemia
schizothymia
schizothymic
schizotonia
schizotrichia
schizotypal
schizotypal personality (current term)
schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypic
schizotypical personality
schizotypy
schizozoite
schizy
schizzier
schizziest
schizzy
schlager
schlagers
schlagsahne
schlammfieber
schlegelite

Literary usage of Schizotypal personality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"schizotypal personality disorder entails deficits in interpersonal relatedness and peculiarities of ideation, appearance, and behavior and dysphoric states ..."

2. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"... as a predisposition to a set of schizophrenia-like or schizotypal personality traits. Since this hypothesis was first put to a rigorous test by Kety and ..."

3. The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviorsby Diana H. Fishbein by Diana H. Fishbein (2000)
"Fluoxetine in the treatment of borderline and schizotypal personality disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 1064-1067. ..."

4. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"... Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type; Borderline personality disorder; schizotypal personality disorder.94 • YR is an prisoner on Virginia's death row. ..."

5. Joining Forces on Solid-Waste Management: Regionalization Is Working in by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders; (2) antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders; and (3) avoidant, ..."

6. Marijuana Use in America: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary U. S (1996)
"... one case of bipolar disorder, and one case of schizotypal personality disorder). The remaining 153 subjects included 85 heavy and 68 light users. ..."

7. Helping Employers Comply with the ADA: An Assessment of How the United edited by Roy G. Moy (2000)
"The court found that even though the woman was diagnosed three years after she quit her job as having schizotypal personality disorder, she was always able ..."

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