Seven Myths about Schizoid Personality Disorder
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In this video I'll be
In this video I'll be going over seven myths about schizoid personality disorder. Schizoid personality disorder Cluster A personality disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), which is in the same cluster as schizotypal and paranoid personality disorder. With schizoid personality disorder we see a pattern of detachment and a restricted range of the expression of emotions. Oftentimes individuals with schizoid personality disorder are referred to as being a “loner.”
Myth number one is that schizoid personality disorder is the same thing as schizophrenia. It's understandable how this myth came into being as the terms seem similar, but schizophrenia is a distinct illness that has persistent psychotic symptoms and we don't see that with schizoid personality disorder.
Myth number two is that there's an increased risk of violence with schizoid personality disorder. We hear this myth about a number of the personality disorders and a number of mental disorders in general. There's no evidence to suggest that there's a greater risk of violence with schizoid personality disorder than an individual who doesn't have schizoid personality disorder.
Myth number three is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder lack emotion. There certainly is, in many cases, a constriction of emotion, but difficulty is really in expressing emotions, not necessarily in having emotions. There are fewer stronger emotions reported with individuals have schizoid personality disorder, but that's not the same thing as lacking emotion.
Myth number four is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder have impaired vocational functioning. There is some impairment, particularly with jobs related to interpersonal relationships, but in terms of jobs that are solitary, individuals that schizoid personality disorder tend to do fairly well.
Myth number five is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder have frequent psychosis. With schizoid personality disorder we sometimes see brief psychosis (according to the DSM). The psychosis would be minutes and sometimes hours, but it's not persistent like we would expect to see with schizophrenia.
Myth number six is that schizoid personality disorder doesn't co-occur with other personality disorders. I think that when we look at the other personality disorders, we see a relational component to them. Antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, histrionic, dependent, and paranoid personality disorders all have these relational aspects and schizoid personality really doesn't. There's a lack of interest in developing close relationships, so it seems like somebody couldn't have schizoid personality disorder and a number of those other personality disorders, but actually schizoid personality disorder does tend to be comorbid with paranoid, schizotypal, and avoidant personality disorder.
Myth number seven is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder are paranoid. This isn't a symptom we typically see with schizoid personality disorder. If an individual with this disorder has paranoia the likely explanation is comorbidity.
Myth number one is that schizoid personality disorder is the same thing as schizophrenia. It's understandable how this myth came into being as the terms seem similar, but schizophrenia is a distinct illness that has persistent psychotic symptoms and we don't see that with schizoid personality disorder.
Myth number two is that there's an increased risk of violence with schizoid personality disorder. We hear this myth about a number of the personality disorders and a number of mental disorders in general. There's no evidence to suggest that there's a greater risk of violence with schizoid personality disorder than an individual who doesn't have schizoid personality disorder.
Myth number three is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder lack emotion. There certainly is, in many cases, a constriction of emotion, but difficulty is really in expressing emotions, not necessarily in having emotions. There are fewer stronger emotions reported with individuals have schizoid personality disorder, but that's not the same thing as lacking emotion.
Myth number four is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder have impaired vocational functioning. There is some impairment, particularly with jobs related to interpersonal relationships, but in terms of jobs that are solitary, individuals that schizoid personality disorder tend to do fairly well.
Myth number five is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder have frequent psychosis. With schizoid personality disorder we sometimes see brief psychosis (according to the DSM). The psychosis would be minutes and sometimes hours, but it's not persistent like we would expect to see with schizophrenia.
Myth number six is that schizoid personality disorder doesn't co-occur with other personality disorders. I think that when we look at the other personality disorders, we see a relational component to them. Antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, histrionic, dependent, and paranoid personality disorders all have these relational aspects and schizoid personality really doesn't. There's a lack of interest in developing close relationships, so it seems like somebody couldn't have schizoid personality disorder and a number of those other personality disorders, but actually schizoid personality disorder does tend to be comorbid with paranoid, schizotypal, and avoidant personality disorder.
Myth number seven is that individuals with schizoid personality disorder are paranoid. This isn't a symptom we typically see with schizoid personality disorder. If an individual with this disorder has paranoia the likely explanation is comorbidity.
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