What is schizotypal personality disorder?

Schizotypal personality disorder, or simply schizotypal disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a need for social isolation, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs. The behaviors suggest schizophrenia but are not severe enough to meet its criteria.

How do members experience schizotypal personality disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with schizotypal personality disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for schizotypal personality disorder*

*Data from patients with schizotypal personality disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with schizotypal personality disorder*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Abilify)
Perceived effectiveness
for schizotypal personality disorder (2 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
schizotypal personality disorder (1)

*Data from patients with schizotypal personality disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has schizotypal personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 12
30s 18
40s 27
50s 11
60s 2
70+ 3

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 30
Female 41