Has my sister a neuropsychological disorder?

Post Reply New Topic

My sister is above 24 years old now. I would say that she has a kind of what was considered "schizoid (eccentric) psychopathy" by Sukhareva nearly 100 years ago. "Schizoid (eccentric) psychopathy" appears to be and old, obsolete term for what would be considered "relatively mild" ASD, "Asperger syndrome" or mislabeled as NVLD now. It is not a learning disorder or a personality disorder, but different way of feeling and functioning which is "constitutional" condition. I would say that my sister is de facto autistic, even if I can suppose than her chances for meeting official criteria for a PDD/ASD are about 50 - 70 percent. I read that some girls with AS do not show strong autistic symptoms until puberty.

"Schizoid (eccentric) psychopathy" described by Sukhareva is a constitutional condition. I think that it should differ from schizoid personality disorder described by ICD and DSM. Schizoid personality disorder is not constitutional, a person with it appears to be "unemotional loner" with lesser functioning problems than someone with "mild" ASD. People with "milder" forms of autism rather feel a lot and often desire social interactions, but on own rules, I suppose, are not generally "unemotional", may have tantrums and meltdowns, may be verbose.

I would say that she'd have to be assessed by qualified mental health professionals , such as a psychologist , or at the very least a licensed social worker , to be able to say for sure . From the sounds of it though , she seems to be no different than the stereotypical subgroups of high school aged girls . Are they autistic , and or PDD , and if so , what does it matter ? So long as she's not causing problems to others or herself , her individual idiosyncrasies should be of no concern .