- Pronunciation
- / ˈ s k ɪ t s ɔɪ d , ˈ s k ɪ d z ɔɪ d , ˈ s k ɪ z ɔɪ d /
- Specialty
- Psychiatry , clinical psychology
- Symptoms
- Pervasive emotional detachment , reduced affect , lack of close friends , apathy , anhedonia , unintentional insensitivity to social norms , sexual abstinence , preoccupation with fantasy , autistic thinking without loss of skill to recognize reality
- Usual onset
- Late childhood or adolescence
- Duration
- Lifelong
- Types
- Languid schizoid, remote schizoid, depersonalized schizoid, affectless schizoid ( Millon 's subtypes)
- Causes
- Family history; cold, indifferent, or intrusive parenting; traumatic brain injury ; low birth weight ; prenatal malnutrition
- Risk factors
- Family history
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms
- Treatment
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy ; cognitive behavioral therapy
