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Can there be a mild form of schizoid personality disorder?

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Traits vs Disorder: People may have any variation of personality traits in a "milder" form that do not meet the diagnostic criteria for a disorder. They key thing to look at is are these traits functionally causing impairment or not?

Answered 6/27/2015

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PDNOS: There is a grab-bag category of personality disorders called PDNOS (personality disorder not otherwise specified) where features of any of the disorders can be listed but are not enough to meet the full diagnosis.

Answered 2/28/2015

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