This is the first book devoted to schizotypal personality. It provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge from some of the world>'s leading researchers in the field, and includes reviews of genetics, neurodevelopment, assessment, psychophysiology, neuropsychology and brain imaging. It explores the categorical and dimensional approaches to the understanding of schizotypal disorder, and its relationship to schizophrenia, and reviews methodological issues. Seeking to define schizotypal disorder and to develop coherent etiological models, this book is an authoritative resource for clinicians and researchers interested in this major personality disorder.