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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Mental disordersOther personality disorders
Obsessional neurosisObsessive-Compulsive DisorderPersonality DisordersPhobia, Social

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2013
2013
Gene–environment interaction in problematic substance use: interaction between DRD4 and insecure attachments
To investigate the combined effect of an exon III variable number tandem repeat in the dopamine receptor gene (DRD4) and insecure… 
2012
2012
Perfectionism and Choice
Empirical evidence suggests that perfectionism can affect choice behavior. When striving for perfection, a person can desire to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The relationship between avoidant personality disorder and social phobia: a population-based twin study.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the sources of comorbidity for social phobia and dimensional representations… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Problematic internet experiences: primary or secondary presenting problems in persons seeking mental health care?
2004
2004
Bulimia nervosa with co-morbid avoidant personality disorder: behavioural characteristics and serotonergic function
Background. Separate lines of research link lowered serotonin tone to interpersonal submissiveness and bulimia nervosa (BN). We… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Exploration of coping patterns in burned adults: cluster analysis of the coping with burns questionnaire (CBQ).
Review
2001
Review
2001
NATURAL RECOVERY IN A COMMUNITY-BASED SAMPLE OF ALCOHOLICS: STUDY DESIGN AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA
The majority of alcoholics who recover do so without the benefit of treatment, yet little is known about these individuals and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The nature and predictors of substance use among lesbians.
Review
1998
Review
1998
Special feature: pharmacotherapy in personality disorders.
Recent epidemiological and psychobiological studies indicate that psychopharmacology is promising, even for the treatment of… 
1995
1995
Familial aggregation of adolescent personality disorders.
OBJECTIVE A family study of DSM-III-R personality disorders was conducted in the families of 66 clinically referred adolescents… 
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