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Psychiatry All India exam 3bc83b0e

Vague elaborate and circumstantial speech with magical thinking is characteristic of :

A
Paranoid
B
Borderline
C
Schizoid
D
Schizotypal
High-Yield Explanation
Schizotypal (cluster A ) personality is characterized by odd speech that is vague or rambling, discomfo in social situations, strange thinking and lack of emotional appropriateness *Ideas of reference (not delusions) *Odd beliefs and magical thinking *Unusual perceptual disturbances *Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness *Odd thinking and speech without coherence *SUPERSTITIONS/TELEPATHY *ODD DRESSING *ODD SPEECH *LACK OF EMOTIONS Reference: Kaplon and sadock, 11 th edition, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 845

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