Cluster A application.

Lanzas’ paranoia and distrust for others, alongside his extreme introversion caused by severe anxiety over human interaction would suggest that he would fit into cluster A. Schizoid personality disorder is one of a group of conditions that falls under cluster A and is a pattern of indifference to social relationships and a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle. Lanza displayed a high level of introversion throughout his lifetime, and can be shown through the following. At the age of three, Lanza was referred to special education after he began to exhibit oddly repetitive behaviours and was not able to socialise like most kids. By the fourth grade, Lanza had been diagnosed as suffering from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive …show more content…
As reports have noted, social situations always provoked great anxiety in Lanza, additionally, when in the eighth grade, Lanzas’ mother Nancy withdrew him from school, and he was placed in a program for children who were “too disabled even with support and accommodation to attend school”. After returning back to school in tenth grade, Lanza finished high school outside of the traditional classroom setting, and rather through independent study, and tutoring. According to police, psychiatrist, Dr. King reported that Lanza “displayed a profound autism spectrum disorder with rigidity isolation and a lack of comprehension of ordinary social interaction and communication” (Oliveira, P., 2014). King also told police that “my concern was that Lanza’s social isolation and withdrawal was increasing” (Oliveira, P., 2014). The police report on Lanza revealed that he was seen at the Yale Child Study Center in his early teens and prescribed the antidepressant, Celexa. Lanza was prone to anxiety, was becoming more isolated, and viewed his Netwon home as a secure zone while school and interacting with peers resulted in pressure. Prior to the December 2012 massacre, Lanza had not left his room, where he lived surrounded by an