Avoidant Personality Disorder

Known as: Avoidant personality, personality avoidant disorder, avoidant disorders personality 
A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of avoidance of social situations and interpersonal contact due to overwhelming feelings of social… (More)
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2010
2010
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Diagnostic criteria: A pervasive pattern of behaviour, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as… (More)
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2006
2006
Integrated wilderness therapy for avoidant personality disorder.
Patients with avoidant personality disorder (APD) are difficult to treat because of their extensive social, emotional and… (More)
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2005
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2005
Two-year prevalence and stability of individual DSM-IV criteria for schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders: toward a hybrid model of axis II disorders.
OBJECTIVE This study tracked the individual criteria of four DSM-IV personality disorders-borderline, schizotypal, avoidant, and… (More)
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2003
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2003
Personality diagnoses in adolescence: DSM-IV axis II diagnoses and an empirically derived alternative.
OBJECTIVE The study of personality pathology in adolescence is in its infancy. This article examined the applicability and limits… (More)
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2002
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2002
Functional impairment in patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare psychosocial functioning in patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant… (More)
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2000
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2000
A twin study of personality disorders.
No twin study has previously investigated the whole range of personality disorders (PDs) recorded by interviews. Based on twin… (More)
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1999
1999
Multimodal comparisons of social phobia subtypes and avoidant personality disorder.
The purpose of the present study was to further clarify the behavioral, physiological, and verbal response of patients with… (More)
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1993
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1993
The Roscommon Family Study. III. Schizophrenia-related personality disorders in relatives.
OBJECTIVES We sought to clarify the familial relationship between five putative schizophrenia-related personality disorders… (More)
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1991
1991
The relationship of social phobia subtypes and avoidant personality disorder.
The diagnoses of social phobia (SP) and avoidant personality disorder (APD) have evolved from different historical sources, but… (More)
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1989
1989
Short-term structured treatment for avoidant personality disorder.
Forty-two men and 34 women (mean age 27.5 years) who met DSM-III criteria for avoidant personality disorder were randomly… (More)
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