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Trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad - Overview

Definición:

Es un padecimiento de salud mental en el cual una persona tiene dificultad con las relaciones interpersonales y alteraciones en los patrones de pensamiento, apariencia y comportamiento.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La causa exacta se desconoce. Se cree que los genes están involucrados, debido a que esta afección es más común en familiares de esquizofrénicos.

El trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad no se debe confundir con la esquizofrenia. Las personas con este trastorno de la personalidad pueden tener creencias y comportamientos extraños, pero no están desconectados de la realidad y generalmente no tienen alucinaciones.

Las alucinaciones, los delirios (creencias fijas y falsas) y la pérdida de contacto con la realidad son características distintivas de la psicosis. Las personas con el trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad generalmente no tienen síntomas psicóticos.

Entre el 30 y el 50% de las personas con trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad también padece un trastorno depresivo mayor. Un segundo trastorno de la personalidad, como un trastorno de personalidad paranoica, también es común con esta afección.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/6/2011
  • A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, and David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (11/23/2010).

Referencias

Blais MA, Smallwood P, Groves JE, Rivas-Vazquez RA. Personality and personality disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 39.

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