The treatment of schizoid personality disorder is done with medicines psychiatric and psychotherapy. It is a very difficult and long treatment, which can take years.
It is common for people to also have other associated mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, which also need to be treated.
The medications commonly used to treat schizoid personality disorder are antidepressants and anxiolytics. Already the cognitive behavioral therapy is among the most chosen methods of psychotherapy.
Through psychotherapy, the patient is helped to reformulate deviant thoughts and differentiate feelings from reality. This helps the person to perceive their behaviors and how they act on their feelings and emotions.
For schizoid personality disorder to be diagnosed, the individual must have the following characteristics:
- Lack of taste, desire or pleasure in having closer relationships or having a family;
- Option for solitary activities, without direct contact with other people;
- Little or no interest in having sex;
- Lack of pleasure in the activities performed;
- Absence of close friends, with the exception of their first-degree relatives;
- Indifference to criticism, praise or opinions of others;
- Distancing, emotional coldness or poor affection.
Often the demand for treatment is at the initiative of friends and family, since it is common for people with personality disorders to be resistant to treatment. The changes are slow and gradual. In more severe cases, the results may be unsatisfactory.
The psychiatrist is the specialist responsible for the diagnosis and guidance of the treatment of schizoid personality disorder.
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