Personality disorder that involves a need for social isolation, anxiety in social situations, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs.
In contrast, the subjects with schizotypalpersonalitydisorder failed to show this pattern.
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Background: Cognitive deficits consistently have been reported in schizophrenia patients and in patients with schizotypalpersonalitydisorder.
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Results: Seven subjects with schizotypalpersonalitydisorder had deficits on each paradigm; seven had no deficits on any paradigm.
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Method: Eighteen unmedicated patients with schizotypalpersonalitydisorder and 16 healthy individuals were assessed in an acoustic attention-to-prepulse paradigm.
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Objective: Attentional deficits have been identified as an abnormality that individuals with schizotypalpersonalitydisorder share with schizophrenia patients.
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"The person with SchizoidPersonalityDisorder sustains a fragile emotional equilibrium by avoiding intimate personal contact and thereby minimising conflict that is poorly tolerated."