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Symptoms

The main symptoms of schizoid personality disorder are:

- Feeling that external events have personal meaning unusual
- Thoughts, beliefs, perceptions or unusual behavior
- Speaks strange
- Ideas suspicious or paranoid
- Unusual or strange emotional responses
- Lack of friends outside the family
- Excessive and persistent social anxiety

Diagnosis

Generally, a health professional diagnosed schizoid personality disorder based on symptoms and patient history. There are no laboratory tests to determine if a person suffers from this disorder. To differentiate schizoid personality disorder from other disorders, professional look for signs of a mood disorder or anxiety.
duration

All personality disorders are prolonged (chronic) and often for life. Unlike a disease such as depression symptoms in this disorder tend to always be present instead of manifesting in episodes.

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