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Paranoid and Schizoid

Personality Disorders
Madison Hirschfeld, Randy Patton, Emily Williams
Schizoid Personality Disorder
 Symptoms-
 Doesn’t desire or enjoy close relationships
 Always chooses solitary activities
 Doesn’t feel like doing anything they use to love
 Lacks close friends
 Indifferent to praise or criticism
 Avoids all forms of intimacy, is socially withdrawn, and lacks most emotions
 Difficulty relating to others
 People with this disorder are able to function well
Schizoid Personality Disorder
 Causes-
 Causes of this disorder are not 100% known
 Some researchers have said there can be genetic as well as environmental
influences
 Bleak childhood where there is no emotion
 Higher risk of developing this disorder if someone in immediate family has
schizoid or paranoid disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
 Complications-
 People who have this disorder:
 Seem Directionless
 Drift in their goals
 Have difficulty responding appropriately to important events in life
Schizoid Personality Disorder
 Frequently Occur with Schizoid Disorder-
 Non-Personality Disorders
 Schizophrenia
 Depressive disorders
 Personality Disorders
 Negative emotions
 Avoidant personality disorders
Schizoid Personality Disorder
 Treatment-
 People who have this disorder rarely seek treatment options, because of the
patients lack of trust or ability to build any close relationships
 Counseling
 Psychotherapy
 Medication is generally not prescribed, but many who have Schizoid Disorder also suffer
from depression, and take drugs for that.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Background-
 Long standing pattern of distrust and suspicious of others
 Will always believe that other people’s motives are suspect/malevolent
 Because they lack trust in others, they have an excessive need to be self-
sufficient and feel a need to have control over those around themselves
 Personality disorder onset can often be traced back to early
adulthood/adolescence
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Symptoms-
 Suspects that others are plotting to harm him/her
 Is reluctant to confide in others because of fear that the information will be
used against him/her
 Bears grudges (unforgiving of insults, injuries, slights)
 Is quick to react angrily
 Has recurrent suspicions, without justification
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Diagnosis-
 Often diagnosed in adulthood
 More prevalent in males than females
 Intensity will typically decrease with age (few extreme symptoms by late 40s/50s)
 Diagnosed by a psychologist or psychiatrist
 No laboratory, blood, or genetic tests that can diagnose personality disorders
 People will not often seek treatment until the disorder starts to significantly
interfere/impact a person’s life
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Causes-
 No cause is known, but there are many theories
 It is likely caused by biological/genetic factors, social factors, and
psychological factors
 It is likely that no single factor is responsible (it is the complex, intertwined
nature of all 3 factors that is important)
 If a person has paranoid personality disorder, there is an increased risk for
this disorder to be passed down to their children
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Complications-
 Difficult to get along with
 Unable to collaborate well with others
 Have unrealistic fantasies
 Tend to develop negative stereotypes of others
 May form closely knit groups or “cults” with other people who share similar
paranoid beliefs
 Common for people with this disorder to become involved in legal battles, suing
people/companies that they believe are “out to get them”
Paranoid Personality Disorder
 Treatment
 Typically involves long-term psychotherapy with an experienced therapist (a
therapist who has knowledge of this type of personality disorder)
 Medications may be prescribed in order to help with specific troubles/
symptoms
Paranoid and Schizoid Personality Disorders in Children and Young
Adults
 From the
NIMH
Paranoid and Schizoid Personality Disorders in Children and Young
Adults Follow-up

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