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Schizothymia

Schizothymia is a temperament related to schizophrenia in a way analogous to cyclothymia's relationship with bipolar disorder. Schizothymia was proposed by German psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer in the early 20th century when examining body types of schizophrenic patients. Schizothymia is defined by reduced affect display, a high degree of introversion, limited social cognition, and withdrawing from social relations generally. Nevertheless, individuals with such personality traits may achieve relatively affable social relations and a measure of affectivity situationally. As a kind of temperament, schizothymic personality traits are thought to be innate rather than the result of socialization or a lack thereof.

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Schizothymia is a temperament related to schizophrenia in a way analogous to cyclothymia's relationship with bipolar disorder.1 Schizothymia was proposed by German psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer in the early 20th century when examining body types of schizophrenic patients. Schizothymia is defined by reduced affect display, a high degree of introversion, limited social cognition, and withdrawing from social relations generally. Nevertheless, individuals with such personality traits may achieve relatively affable social relations and a measure of affectivity situationally. As a kind of temperament, schizothymic personality traits are thought to be innate rather than the result of socialization or a lack thereof (Nature versus Nurture).

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  1. Green, Bradley (19 July 2017). "Schizothymia". Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_945-1. ISBN 978-3-319-28099-8. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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  • Eysenck HJ (December 1950). "Cyclothymia and schizothymia as a dimension of personality. I. Historical review". Journal of Personality. 19 (2): 123–52. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1950.tb01092.x. PMID 14814596.
  • Häfner H (1988). "What is schizophrenia? Changing perspectives in epidemiology". European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences. 238 (2): 63–72. doi:10.1007/BF00452781. PMID 3061822.