and recognizing a condition means it must be differentiated from others. Unfortunately, Autism-Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are yet another diagnosis to have fallen prey to pop psychology, which tends to simplify this complicated condition to "social awkwardness." ...
(1991)has argued from follow-up studies of these children that they form a separate diagnostic category, the schizoid personality of childhood, similar to but distinct from childhood autism and Asperger syndrome.Wolff (1991)found that as adults, 75% of these children met criteria for schizotypal ...
Although widely conceived as distinct conditions, higher-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizoid personality disorder (schizoid PD) share similar clinical symptomatology. This study explored the relationship between the two disorders by collecting extensively validated measures of autistic trait...
One issue that is known is the similarity between SPD, autism and Asperger’s disorder. It is important to know that the personality traits of SPD are inflexible and cause impairment in functioning Gender and Cultural Differences in Presentation More males are affected by Schizoid PD than females...
Researchers hypothesized that people within the cluster A category (including those with schizoid personality disorder) may be more likely to react with marked suspicion and foster conspiracy theories. However, some individuals with personality disorders may have used valuable adaptive coping strategies duri...
and approved the final manuscript. This research constituted part of a master’s dissertation in the University of Autόnoma de Barcelona, it is based on an earlier study of Pedreno et al. (2017) entitled as “Exploring the Components of Advanced Theory of Mind in Autism Spectrum Disorder....
Adult schizo- typal personality characteristics and prenatal influenza in a Finnish birth cohort. Schizophr Res. 2002;54:7–16. 72. Masi A, DeMayo MM, Glozier N, GuastellaAJ. An overviewof autism spectrum disorder, heterogeneity and treatment op- tions. Neurosci Bull. 2017;33(2):183. doi...
Autism spectrum disorders:Social impairment and stereotyped behaviors or interests are less prominent in patients with schizoid personality disorder. Schizotypal personality disorder:This disorder is characterized by distorted perceptions and thinking; these features are absent in schizoid personality...
Schizoid lacks interest and desire to form relationships with others; aloof and shows emotional coldness and detachment; indifferent to approval or criticism of others; lacks close friends or confidants; not due to schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, not an autism spectrum disorder A Schizotypal...