31st January 2024

Cluster A

It is mainly characterised by oddness and eccentricity, but following specific features are seen:

Paranoid Personality Disorder: 

• Mistrust and suspiciousness of others. 
• Sensitive to criticism.
• Preoccupied by conspiratorial explanations.

Schizoid Personality Disorder:

• Emotionally cold.
• Lack of interest in others.
  
• Doesn’t seek social relationships
  

Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

• Peculiar and eccentric appearance and ideas.
• Interpersonal discomfort.
• Perceptual and cognitive distortions.