Schizotypal disorder:Diagnosis & evaluation

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Mnemonic
A mnemonic that can be used to remember the criteria for schizotypal personality disorder is ME PECULIAR :


 * M - magical thinking that influences behavior, superstitiousness or the paranormal
 * E - eccentric behavior or appearance


 * P - paranoid ideation
 * E - experiences unusual perceptions
 * C - constricted affect
 * U - unusual thinking & speech
 * L - lacks friends
 * I - ideas of reference
 * A - anxiety (socially)
 * R - rule out psychotic disorders & pervasive developmental disorder