The role of schizotypy in the study of the etiology of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

ABSTRACT: Schizotypy provides a useful construct for understanding the development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. As research on the epidemiology of psychotic symptoms and clinical risk for psychosis has expanded, conceptual challenges have emerged to comprehend the nature and borders of the space comprised between personality variation and psychosis. Schizotypy is considered in light of these more recent constructs. It is suggested that rather than being superseded by them due to their higher specificity and predictive power for transition to psychosis, schizotypy integrates them as it constitutes a dynamic continuum ranging from personality to psychosis. The advantages of schizotypy for studying schizophrenia etiology are discussed (eg, it facilitates a developmental approach and the identif

SUBMITTER: Barrantes-Vidal N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373635 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature