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A DSM-5 Definition of Avoidant Personality Disorder

Simon Moesgaard May 26, 2014 May 11, 2021

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.

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