Pavlov wrote:scoff wrote:
it's actually debatable, but with personality disorders it tends to develop during adolescent while neuropsychiatric conditions are something you're born with
might be worth noting tho that they both stem from observations on similar patients during the 20th centuries, from different countries
the term 'schizoid' was coined by a russian psychologist, and at the time, the descriptions of the patients are said to be almost identical to those of hans asperger
with that said, schizoid personality disorder is very rare and in order to diagnose it, one has to first view the possibility of autism very, very thoroughlyÂ
also a person with schizoid personality disorder doesn't want social relations
people with autism very often do want social relations, but their difficulties regarding communication and theory of mind often makes it harder for them
i'd say that's a major difference
so basically it could be the same exact thingÂ
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