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A DSM-5 Definition of Avoidant Personality Disorder

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 26 May 2014 13:39:14 +0000

Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) is in the newest American diagnostic manual (DSM-5) characterized by impairments in two domains of personality functioning: self and interpersonal functioning. With respect to self functioning, people with APD have a low self-esteem and a negative self-appraisal, which may provide excessive feelings of shame. They have unrealistic standards for interpersonal contact, […]

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The Fine Distinction Between Personality Disorders and Clinical Syndromes (DSM-IV)

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000

How are personality disorders different from clinical syndromes? I have tried to sum up some general, historical assumptions on this issue. People with personality disorders can be seen as extremes on a continuum, whereas people without a personality disorder represent the middle of a continuum. Thisdistribution is the so-called normal distribution, also called the bell curve. […]

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