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AvPD/APD
Medical Description
World Health
Organization description
WHO of Avoidant Personality
Disorder. This
text describes the diagnostic criteria for AvPD.
There
is a good likelihood that AvPD is the extreme form of
Social
Phobia. If you have APD you will recognize many of the characteristics
of Social Phobia/Social Anxiety in yourself.
A
hallmark of both AvPD and Social phobias is Anxiety.
The
following is a description of
anxiety symptoms
you may experience.
You
know these symptoms very well if you have APD.
You
might also have experienced a
panic
attack though not all Avoidant's have panic attacks.
There
is sometimes an obsessive-compulsive component to APD and social phobia. This is
a description of
Obsessive-Compulsive
Personality Disorder.
Dependency
could be one the personality traits of a person with APD.
This
is a description of
Dependent
Personality Disorder.
If
you have APD, you might also experienced one or more
depressive
episodes.
This
last text is written for this page. It contains information of the American
system of classifying personality disorders, but Avoidants' all around the world
will benefit from reading it:
Avoidant
Personality Disorder.
You
can see more at:
mentalhealth.com's
Avoidant Personality pages.
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