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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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Review
2009
Review
2009
Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV schizotypal personality disorder: results from the wave 2 national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions.
OBJECTIVE To present nationally representative findings on the prevalence, correlates, and comorbidity of and disability… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Early alliance, alliance ruptures, and symptom change in a nonrandomized trial of cognitive therapy for avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
Participants were 30 adult outpatients diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Fear and Avoidance of Internal Experiences in GAD: Preliminary Tests of a Conceptual Model
The tendency to fear and avoid internal experiences may be an important characteristic of individuals with generalized anxiety… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
The Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: A Cognitive Perspective
Recent reports of improvement in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia following targeted cognitive interventions have prompted… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
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… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The nature and dynamics of sexual homicide: An integrative review
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
An experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children of divorce.
This study evaluated the efficacy of 2 theory-based preventive interventions for divorced families: a program for mothers and a… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Coping with Technological Disaster: An Application of the Conservation of Resources Model to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
One hundred twenty-five commercial fishers in Cordova, Alaska, completed a mailed survey regarding current mental health… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Age differences in problem-solving style: the role of emotional salience.
Qualitative differences in problem-solving style for situations varying in emotional salience were examined among adolescents… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Association of binge eating disorder and psychiatric comorbidity in obese subjects.
OBJECTIVE The authors determined the prevalence of binge eating disorder in a self-referred study group of moderately and… 
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