Schizotypal personality disorder is a pathological condition that belongs to schizophrenic spectrum disorders and is a severe form of borderline psychopathology.
Among the psychopathological conditions associated with personality disorder, specialists of the Russian psychiatric school emphasize magiphrenia or magiphrenic syndrome (from Greek mageia - magic or sorcery and phren - mind, reason) - with the prevalence of concepts and thoughts of a magical nature, which do not fit into the framework of scientific ideas.
The patient does not fully recover, since the withdrawal of psychotropic drugs is always fraught with exacerbations - specific behavior in schizophrenia resumes, regardless of the duration of drug intake.
There are many theories about this mental illness and discussions among psychiatrists of different schools and directions do not cease. However, the progression of true schizophrenia seems to be indisputable to representatives of the American and European psychiatric schools.
More than a century has passed since schizophrenia was identified as an independent disease, but discussions still continue not only about its nature, but also about its very existence as a separate disease.
Treatment methods for schizophrenia in men are no different from those for women, but men are more likely to get sick more severely, and therefore their treatment requires more powerful neuroleptics in higher doses.
The first signs are usually perceived by those close to the person as eccentricities - a bad mood, a lack of emotions, isolation are not specific signs of schizophrenia alone, or any mental illness in general.
Autophobia is a medical term that describes a mental disorder such as fear of loneliness. Other possible names for this disorder are isolophobia, eremophobia, monophobia. We are talking about the fear of being alone, not having healthy and stable relationships, losing loved ones.
