Avoidant Personality Disorder
Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) is an enduring pattern of behavior related to social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and sensitivity to rejection that causes problems in work situations and relationships.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W019
Diagnosis: Avoidant Personality Disorder
US Patients: US-2.4%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M; F Equal
Age Onset:
Brain Area:
Symptoms: terrible fear of rejections, avoid social interaction
Progression: Unable to experience or express positive emotion to others or resist coercion from others.
Causes: Genetic shyness, inhibitions, childhood emotional neglect; fears intimacy and rejection
Medications:
Therapies: social skills training; cognitive, exposure and group therapies
Youtube Video: I Have Avoidant Personality Disorder
Amazon or Library Book: Overcoming Avoidance Workbook
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: avoidantpersonality.com (This website sells books but also coordinates a Facebook support group.)
Contact your local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services,
Section 12.08.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Mood instability and risk of gastrointestinal diseases - a univariable and multivariable mendelian randomization studyby Rui-Lin Liu on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: This study provides compelling evidence for a potential causal relationship between mood instability and certain gastrointestinal diseases underscoring the importance of considering mood instability as a potential risk factor for gastrointestinal diseases as well as the positive role of maintaining mood stability in the prevention of gastrointestinal disorders.
- Personality and neuropsychiatric symptoms in individuals diagnosed with long COVIDby Asia Avinir on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: The study underscores the significance of incorporating psychological interventions into treatment plans to alleviate distress symptoms associated with cognitive decline in conditions like Long COVID.
- Deconstructing Detachment: Contrasting Trait Profiles in Community Adults With Schizoid Versus Avoidant Personality Stylesby Feyza Urer on December 20, 2024
The degree to which schizoid and avoidant personality styles represent unique variants of interpersonal detachment remains controversial. This study contrasted core traits associated with schizoid versus avoidant personalities in a mixed-sex sample of 221 community adults, using the five traits that comprise the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD). The International Personality Disorders Examination Screening Questionnaire was used to assess schizoid and avoidant personality...
- Self-Transcendence as a Risk and Resilience Factor in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosisby Hollen N Reischer on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest self-transcendence is a part of healthy personality development that may be impacted in clinical high risk individuals yet may still function as a psychological resource for this population, pointing toward new avenues for intervention in clinical high risk and other mental health populations.