Sizoid Personality

Do you like being in social interactions or do you consider yourself a loner and like to be isolated at all times? If the answer is yes you could have a personality disorder called schizoid. Schizoid personality disorder is a condition in which people that are affected avoid social activities and continuously stay away from others. In this paper I will tell you the symptoms and treatments for this disorder. People with schizoid personality disorder are loners.
Symptoms of this disorder include being solitary, unsure how to respond to normal social functions. You have very little to say, no desire for sexual relationships, unable to experience pleasure, you come off to others as being dull or indifferent, underperform in school work, and you tend to be the follower not the leader. Schizoid personality disorder affects men more often than women, and is more common in people who have close relatives with schizophrenia. We do not know much about the cause of schizoid personality disorder, but both genetics and environment are suspected to play a role in this disorder. Some mental health professionals speculate that early childhood where warmth and emotion were absent contributes to the development of the disorder. The higher risk for schizoid personality disorder in families of schizophrenics suggests that a genetics may be involved with this personality disorder according to mayoclinicstaff 2000. If symptoms of this personality disorder are present, the doctor will begin an evaluation by performing a complete medical history and physical exam. Although there are no lab tests to specifically diagnose personality disorders, the doctor might use various diagnostic tests to rule out physical illness as the cause of the symptoms.

If the doctor finds no physical reason for the symptoms, he or she might refer the person to a psychiatrist or psychologist, health care professionals who are specially trained to diagnose and treat mental illnesses. Psychiatrists and