Biologic factors in schizotypal personal disorders.
New studies of the boundaries of schizophrenia suggest that schizotypal personality disorder is biologically and genetically related to schizophrenia with alterations in brain structure/function related to deficit-like symptoms and increased dopaminergic function to psychotic-like symptoms.
Siever
L J
LJ
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10468.
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