Schizotypal Personality Disorder: An Integrative Review

The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199735013.013.0021 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 436-477 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Thomas R. Kwapil ◽

Neus Barrantes-Vidal

Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Clinical Research ◽

American Psychiatric Association ◽

Schizotypal Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Pathology ◽

Integrative Review ◽

Schizotypal Personality ◽

Dsm 5 ◽

Perceptual Distortions

Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) first appeared in the American Psychiatric Association diagnostic nosology in 1980. However, its roots stretch back more than 100 years under the guise of labels such as borderline, ambulatory, and latent schizophrenia. It is currently characterized as involving marked interpersonal deficits, cognitive and perceptual distortions, and odd and eccentric behaviors. SPD stands at a unique crossroads in the characterization and treatment of psychopathology in that it is conceptualized both as stable personality pathology and also as a milder manifestation of schizophrenia. SPD’s etiological relation with schizophrenia is supported by extensive genetic, neurobiological, neurocognitive, psychosocial, and clinical research. However, research has also identified biopsychosocial factors that differentiate SPD from schizophrenia and may protect SPD patients from deteriorating into psychosis. The chapter reviews this literature and current controversies surrounding SPD in light of the upcoming release of DSM-5.

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Cognitive and perceptual distortions in borderline personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorder in a vignette sample

Comprehensive Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/0010-440x(92)90028-o ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 186-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Stephen E. Sternbach ◽

Patricia H. Judd ◽

Alex N. Sabo ◽

Thomas McGlashan ◽

John G. Gunderson

Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Schizotypal Personality Disorder ◽

Schizotypal Personality ◽

Perceptual Distortions

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Schizoaffective and schizotypal disorders/acute and transient psychotic disorders

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780198713005.003.0061 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 609-618

Author(s):

William S. Stone ◽

Stephen V. Faraone ◽

Ming T. Tsuang

Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Psychotic Disorders ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Schizotypal Personality Disorder ◽

Differential Diagnoses ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Management Options ◽

Schizotypal Personality ◽

Treatment Management ◽

Dsm 5

This chapter focuses on three disorders that demonstrate similarities to schizophrenia, including schizoaffective disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and acute and transient psychotic disorders (also known as brief psychotic disorders). These conditions typically include positive psychiatric symptoms such as psychotic or attenuated psychotic symptoms in at least some stages of the disorder, though they vary considerably in the extent to which they persist. Similarly, these disorders differ in other dimensions such as their clinical outcomes, relationships to each other, and heterogeneity of their presentations, among others. This chapter reviews the current clinical classifications of these three disorders by emphasizing their (DSM-5) diagnoses, differential diagnoses, clinical features, courses, epidemiology, and treatment/management options.

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