Aclient is admitted with a diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder. which signs would this client exhibit during social situations

b) Paranoid thoughts

Explanation:

This example is missing its options. The possible answers for this question are:

a) Dependency needs

b) Paranoid thoughts

c) Trusting behaviors

d) Perfectionism

In psychology and according to the DSM-V the Schizotypal disorder is a type of personality and mental disorder, its symptoms are extreme social anxiety, psychotic episodes, paranoid thoughts and ideation and unconventional believes.

Usually people with this disorder experience difficulties establishing close relationships with other people because they think that the other people have negative thoughts towards them (this is an example of the paranoid thoughts). They also have paranormal beliefs and they can be very superstitious, and therefore, other people can label them as "weird".

Looking at the options given for this question, we can see that the only one that relates to a symptom of the schizotypal personality disorder is b) Paranoid thoughts.

People with this disorder DO not experience dependency needs but are rather lonely, they can be perfectionists or not. Also their issues do not necessarily have to do with trust but with paranoia (They have paranoid thoughts and this creates UNtrusting behaviors).

Therefore, the correct answer would be Paranoid thoughts.

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