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Schizoid Personality Disorder, (The Lonely Person) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Schizoid Personality Disorder, (The Lonely Person) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Schizoid Personality Disorder, (The Lonely Person) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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This book describes Schizoid Personality Disorder, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

It takes a very special kind of person to become close to a schizoid.
We can’t stand fake people or pretentiousness, and so that automatically cuts out most of humanity.
- a schizoid

People with schizoid personality disorder seldom feel there is anything wrong with them.
Schizoid personality disorder is one of a cluster of disorders called "Cluster 'A' " or eccentric personality disorders.
People with these disorders often seem odd or peculiar.
Symptoms are:
1.An indifference to social relationships and
2.A limited range of emotional expression.
People with schizoid personality disorder also are likely to be distant, detached, and indifferent to social relationships.
They normally are loners who favor solitary activities and seldom express strong emotion.
Schizoid personality disorder is a model of indifference to social relationships, with a restricted range of emotional expression and experience.
The disorder presents itself by early adulthood through social and emotional detachments that stop people from having close relationships.
People with it are able to function in daily life but will not form good relationships with others.
They are normally loners and may be susceptible to excessive daydreaming and forming attachments to animals.
They may do well at solitary jobs others would find not tolerable.
There is evidence that indicates that the disorder may be the start of schizophrenia, or just a very mild form of it.
People with schizoid personality disorder are in touch with reality unless they form schizophrenia.
While their names sound alike and they might have some similar symptoms, schizoid personality disorder is not the same as schizophrenia.
Many people with schizoid personality disorder are able to work fairly well while they are likely to choose jobs that allow them to work alone, such as night security officers, library, or lab workers.
Schizoid Personality Disorder person:
1.Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities
2.Does not want or enjoy close relationships, including family
3.Seems aloof and detached
4.Avoids social activities that involve significant contact with other people
5.Almost always chooses solitary activities
6.Little or no interest in sexual experiences with another person
7.Lacks close relationships other than with immediate relatives
8.Indifferent to praise or criticism
9.Shows emotional coldness, detachment or flattened affect
10.Shows little observable change in mood
People with schizoid personality disorder will continue contact with reality.
Men tend be more prone to have this disorder than women.
People with schizoid personality disorder often are withdrawn, managing their lives to avoid contact with other people.
People with this disorder seldom seek treatment.
Talk therapy may not be successful because people with schizoid personality disorder have problem relating well to others
Medicines are not normally advised for schizoid personality disorder.
They are occasionally used for short-term treatment of extreme anxiety states linked with the disorder.
The presence of anxiety, normally caused by fear of other people, may indicate that a diagnosis of the linked schizotypal personality disorder is more fitting.
Personal therapy that effectively obtains a long-term level of trust helps in certain cases of schizoid personality disorder by giving patients a channel to change their false perceptions of friendships into true relationships.
Personal psychotherapy can form a true relationship between the patient and therapist.
Social skills training is an essential component of treatment.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Schizoid Personality Disorder
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Dia

LanguageEnglish
PublisherKenneth Kee
Release dateOct 28, 2018
ISBN9780463146156
Schizoid Personality Disorder, (The Lonely Person) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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    Schizoid Personality Disorder, (The Lonely Person) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

    Schizoid Personality Disorder,

    (The Lonely Person)

    A

    Simple

    Guide

    To

    The Condition,

    Diagnosis,

    Treatment

    And

    Related Conditions

    By

    Dr Kenneth Kee

    M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

    Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

    Copyright Kenneth Kee 2018 Smashwords Edition

    Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

    Dedication

    This book is dedicated

    To my wife Dorothy

    And my children

    Carolyn, Grace

    And Kelvin

    This book describes Schizoid Personality Disorder, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

    (What The patient Need to Treat Schizoid Personality Disorder)

    This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

    If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

    Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Introduction

    I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

    My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

    Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

    I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

    This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

    From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

    Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

    For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

    The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

    The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

    Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

    As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

    Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

    I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

    I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

    I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

    Chapter 1

    Schizoid Personality Disorder

    It takes a very special kind of person to become close to a schizoid.

    We can’t stand fake people or pretentiousness, and so that automatically cuts out most of humanity.

    - a schizoid

    What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?

    People with schizoid personality disorder seldom feel there is anything wrong with them.

    Schizoid personality disorder is one of a cluster of disorders called Cluster 'A' or eccentric personality disorders.

    People with these disorders often seem odd or peculiar.

    Symptoms are:

    1. An indifference to social relationships and

    2. A limited range of emotional expression.

    People with schizoid personality disorder also are likely to be distant, detached, and indifferent to social relationships.

    They normally are loners who favor solitary activities and seldom express strong emotions.

    The word personality depicts deeply ingrained behavior patterns and the way people perceive, relate to, and think about themselves and the world.

    Personality characteristics are lasting patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are shown in a wide range of social and personal contexts.

    A personality disorder has the features of:

    1. A lasting pattern of inner experience and behavior that changes noticeably from the expectations of the person's culture, inflexibility and pervasiveness,

    2. A start in adolescence or early adulthood stability over time and causing significant impairment in functioning or internal distress.

    Schizoid personality disorder is a model of indifference to social relationships, with a restricted range of emotional expression and experience.

    The disorder presents itself by early adulthood through social and emotional detachments that stop people from having close relationships.

    People with it are able to function in daily life but will not form good relationships with others.

    They are normally loners and may be susceptible to excessive daydreaming and forming attachments to animals.

    They may do well at solitary jobs others would find not tolerable.

    There is evidence that indicates that the disorder may be the start of schizophrenia, or just a very mild form of it.

    People with schizoid personality disorder are in touch with reality unless they form schizophrenia.

    While their names sound alike and they might have some similar symptoms, schizoid personality disorder is not the same as schizophrenia.

    Many people with schizoid personality disorder are able to work fairly well while they are likely to choose jobs that allow them to work alone, such as night security officers, library, or lab workers.

    Incidence

    It is difficult to accurately evaluate the incidence of this disorder because people with schizoid personality disorder seldom seek treatment.

    Schizoid personality disorder involves men more often than women, and is more frequent in people who

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