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schizotypal personality
[ skit-suh-tahy-puhl ]
noun
- a personality disorder characterized by a group of symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia, as odd behavior, peculiar thinking, and social isolation.
Word History and Origins
Origin of schizotypal personality1
Example Sentences
In the chamber, while panicking that my pen had spontaneously become nonfunctional, I recalled the definition of “schizotypal personality disorder” I had looked up online after taking the test.
He said that a psychological evaluation earlier this year found that Chansley suffered from schizotypal personality disorder, anxiety and depression.
O’Donnell also pressed him on his diagnoses as they compare to autism spectrum disorder and inquired about the forms of psychosis and delusions that can occur in people with schizotypal personality disorder.
Sergeant Bergdahl suffers from schizotypal personality disorder, and it was only after a mental health-related discharge from the Coast Guard that the Army enlisted him on a medical waiver.
The teenagers had been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder, a condition that can precede schizophrenia.
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