Schizoid Personality Disorder Diagnostic Criteria

Please see our separate note on Treatment, Mental Disorders and Basic Science for important caveats on the role and definition of diagnostic criteria.

Schizoid Personality Disorder According to the ICD-10

The following information is reproduced verbatim from the ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992.

F60.1 Schizoid Personality Disorder

Personality disorder characterized by at least 3 of the following:

1. few, if any, activities, provide pleasure;
2. emotional coldness, detachment or flattened affectivity;
3. limited capacity to express either warm, tender feelings or anger towards others;
4. apparent indifference to either praise or criticism;
5. little interest in having sexual experiences with another person (taking into account age);
6. almost invariable preference for solitary activities;
7. excessive preoccupation with fantasy and introspection;
8. lack of close friends or confiding relationships (or having only one) and of desire for such relationships;
9. marked insensitivity to prevailing social norms and conventions.

Excludes:

• Asperger's Syndrome
• Delusional Disorder
• Schizoid Disorder of Childhood
• Schizophrenia
• Schizotypal Disorder

Diagnostic Guidelines

Please see the separate set of notes which apply to all personality disorders in the ICD-10 system of classification.