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Mulay, A.L., Thurnauer, H., Cain, N.M. (2017). Schizoid Personality Disorder. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_626-2

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    Schizoid Personality Disorder
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