Mental health · UKMLA & AKT
Cluster A personality disorders
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Cluster A = 'odd/eccentric/suspicious' cluster - paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal personality disorders
- Traits are ego-syntonic - person does not experience them as foreign or distressing
- Schizotypal PD is part of the schizophrenia spectrum - ICD-11 classifies it under schizophrenia spectrum rather than personality disorders
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