Avoidant personality disorder
| Subclass of | personality disorder, disease, cluster C personality disorders  |
|---|---|
| Short name | AvPD |
| Health specialty | psychiatry, psychology |
| Symptoms and signs | avoidance coping |
| ICD-9-CM | 301.82 |
| ICPC 2 ID | P80 |
Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), anaa anxious personality disorder, be a personality disorder wey be characterized by excessive social anxiety den inhibition, fear of intimacy (despite an intense desire for am), severe feelings of inadequacy den inferiority, den an overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli (e.g., self-imposed social isolation) as a maladaptive coping method.[1] Those wey be affected typically display a pattern of extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation den rejection, a belief say one be socially inept anaa personally unappealing to odas, den avoidance of social interaction despite a strong desire for am.[2] E dey appear to affect an approximately equal number of men den women.[2]
People plus AvPD often dey avoid social interaction for fear of being ridiculed, humiliated, rejected, anaa disliked. Dem typically avoid becoming involved plus odas unless dem be certain dem no go be rejected, den sanso fi pre-emptively abandon relationships secof fear of a real anaa imagined risk of being rejected by de oda party.[3]
Childhood emotional neglect (in particular, de rejection of a kiddie by one anaa both parents) den peer group rejection be associated plus an increased risk for ein development. However, e be possible for AvPD to occur widout any history of abuse anaa neglect.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Anxious [avoidant personality disorder] in ICD-10: Diagnostic Criteria Archived 2016-06-18 at the Wayback Machine and Clinical descriptions and guidelines. Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. pp. 672–675. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1.
- ↑ Hoeksema, Nolen (2014). Abnormal Psychology (6th ed.). McGraw Education. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-308-21150-3.
- ↑ "Avoidant Personality Disorder – Environmental Factors". Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
External links
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- Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders (with AMPD definition of AvPD)
