Alternative diagnostic criteria for STPD looks like ASD.
30 Jul 2022, 7:44 am
The alternative diagnostic criteria for Schizotypal Personality Disorder look very similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder.
A. Moderate or greater impairment in personality functioning,
manifested by characteristic difficulties in two or more of the
following four areas:
1. Identity: Confused boundaries between self and others;
distorted self-concept; emotional expression often not
congruent with context or internal experience.
2. Self-direction: Unrealistic or incoherent goals; no clear
set of internal standards.
3. Empathy: Pronounced difficulty understanding impact of
own behaviors on others; frequent misinterpretations of
others’ motivations and behaviors.
4. Intimacy: Marked impairments in developing close
relationships, associated with mistrust and anxiety.
B. Four or more of the following six pathological personality
traits:
1. Cognitive and perceptual dysregulation (an aspect of
Psychoticism): Odd or unusual thought processes;
vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or
stereotyped thought or speech; odd sensations in various
sensory modalities.
2. Unusual beliefs and experiences (an aspect of
Psychoticism): Thought content and views of reality that
are viewed by others as bizarre or idiosyncratic; unusual
experiences of reality.
3. Eccentricity (an aspect of Psychoticism): Odd, unusual,
or bizarre behavior or appearance; saying unusual or
inappropriate things.
4. Restricted affectivity (an aspect of Detachment): Little
reaction to emotionally arousing situations; constricted
emotional experience and expression; indifference or
coldness
5. Withdrawal (an aspect of Detachment): Preference for
being alone to being with others; reticence in social
situations; avoidance of social contacts and activity; lack
of initiation of social contact.
6. Suspiciousness (an aspect of Detachment):
Expectations of—and heightened sensitivity to—signs of
interpersonal ill-intent or harm; doubts about loyalty and
fidelity of others; feelings of persecution.
Some of the symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder look like late detected form of Autism Spectrum Disorder:
1) Confused boundaries between self and others;
distorted self-concept; emotional expression often not
congruent with context or internal experience.
2) Pronounced difficulty understanding impact of
own behaviors on others; frequent misinterpretations of
others’ motivations and behaviors.
3) Odd or unusual thought processes;
vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or
stereotyped thought or speech; odd sensations in various
sensory modalities.
4) Odd, unusual, or bizarre behavior or appearance; saying unusual or
inappropriate things.
The new diagnostic criteria for Schizotypal Personality Disorder look too similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder and it is poorly defined.
I think that Schizotypal Personality Disorder is on the border between Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders. I think that in reality, Schizotypal Personality Disorder is just a late detected form of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
If you still have trouble with these symptoms, you have a neurodevelopmental disorder, you were like that your whole life, from the very beginning, it was not noticed until adulthood though:
1) Pronounced difficulty understanding impact of
own behaviors on others; frequent misinterpretations of
others’ motivations and behaviors.
2) Confused boundaries between self and others;
distorted self-concept; emotional expression often not
congruent with context or internal experience.
3) Odd or unusual thought processes;
vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or
stereotyped thought or speech; odd sensations in various
sensory modalities.
4) Odd, unusual, or bizarre behavior or appearance; saying unusual or
inappropriate things.
Personality Disorders are poorly defined because those personality disorders look like neurodevelopmental disorders and it makes no sense at all.
