Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Behavior is odd and eccentric but does not decompensate to the level of schizophrenia. (once known as “latent schizohrenics”)
More common among the first-degree relatives of people with schizophrenia than among the general population
Considered as part of the genetic spectrum of schizophrenia
For children with schizotypal personality disorder, their affective blandness, peculiar behaviors, and discomfort with interpersonal relationships may provoke other children to avoid relationships with them, or worse, to engage in bullying, which reinforces their withdrawal from others.
Clinical picture:
- Odd peculiar speech, thought, and behavior
- Eccentric
- Cognitive Distortions
- Behaviors may seem like a milder non-psychotic state of schizophrenia
- Unusual and Debilitating

Cluster B

Behaviors described as dramatic, emotional, or erratic