had higher life-time prevalence of schizotypal personality disorder than patients with OCD. [7] A second study found that patients with OCD reported more symptoms of schizotypal disorder than ...

The two disorders are similar in symptoms of introversion and fear of closeness. With schizotypal personality disorder, a person is also afraid of intimacy and avoids closeness. However ...

People who exhibit symptoms of a personality disorder may be unaware that they do so because they perceive their own distorted thought processes, emotional responses, and behaviors as normal.

Cluster A includes paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality ... friends—to assess if the patient’s symptoms align with the diagnostic criteria ...