Statistics
- It is estimated the 30% and 50% of people with schizotypal personality disorder also have a major depressive disorder.
- This disorder is most likely to occur in those who have an immediate family member with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.
- There is a higher chance of this condition to be in those of monozygotic twins than dizygotic twins: 33% versus 4% according to one study.
- The prevalence of schizotypal personality disorder is approximately 3% of the general population and is believed to occur slightly more often in males.
- It has been estimated that 2 to 4 percent of the human population that may have a schizotypal personality disorder.
- It is more common for men to develop Schizotypal Personality Disorder over women