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by shaggerty 3215 days ago
I've never heard someone refer to a schizophrenic as "a schizoid". Schizophrenia and schizoid personality disorder are distinct disorders with different symptoms.
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not in the field, but I think it's both somewhat slang for schizophrenia (see also woody allen movies), also somewhat antiquated or at least highly specific term from (iirc freudian) psychopathology