to positively advance in their personal and professional relationships. They spend a copious amount of time and effort in treatments. The distress is extended to their family since they perceive these individuals as a burden (Baljé et al., 2016). Description of Disorder /Primary Symptom ...
Short Description or Definition In the most recentDSMrevision, theDSM, Fifth Edition(DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA]2013), AVPD is classified as a personality disorder and is described as “a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negati...
AvPD Subtype and DescriptionNotable Personality Traits Phobic avoidant (including dependent features) General apprehensiveness displaced with avoidable tangible precipitant; qualms and disquietude symbolized by repugnant and specific dreadful object or circumstances. Self-deserting avoidant...
(1983), compared to Blatt's description, places less emphasis on the drive for achievement and fear of failure, but more on the avoidance of intimacy. This description seems more in line with the fearful-avoidant profile than the dismissive-avoidant one. More specifically, fearful-avoidant ...