Diagnostic criteria of schizoid personality disorder

 The DSM-IV-TR defines schizoid personality disorder (in Axis II, Cluster A) as:

A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning by early adulthood (age eighteen or older) and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

. Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family;

. Almost always chooses solitary activities; 

. Has little, if any, interest n having sexual experiences with another person;

. Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities;

. Lacks close friends or confidants other than first degree relatives;

. Appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others;

. Shows emotional coldness, deachment, or flattened affectivity.

. It is a requirement of DSM-IV that a diagnosis of any specific personality disorder also satisfies a set of general personality disorder criteria.

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