Most people are unfamiliar with the term schizoid personality disorder. If they have heard of it at all, they are likely to have many misconceptions about what it is. The name itself is confusing.

Schizoid and paranoid personality disorders have key differences. Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) leads people to think that others are trying to harm them, while schizoid personality disorder ...

Schizoid PD is characterized by emotional detachment and social disinterest, while schizotypal PD involves eccentric behavior, odd beliefs, and transient psychotic-like symptoms. Schizoid personality ...

Schizophrenia involves periods of psychosis, with symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Schizoid personality disorder is a persistent pattern of thoughts and behaviors that cause distress but ...

My clients with schizoid personality disorder have experienced some combination of abuse, lack of attunement, neglect, and extreme intrusiveness in their early childhood. Many of them were also born ...

Schizoid personality disorder involves being detached and having little desire for close relationships. People with schizoid ...

While people with schizoid personality disorder (SPD) and those with avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) both avoid social interaction, those with SPD do so due to disinterest, whereas in AvPD, it is ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." “People with schizotypal personality disorder are often described as odd or eccentric,” says Meghan ...